Increased risk of cataract surgery in patients with allergic disease: a population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the association between cataract and allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), allergic rhinitis (AR), and asthma using 2,631,015 subjects' data from the 2009 National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort in Korea. Each allergic disease was defined as three or more occasions of diagnosis within 1 year with dedicated ICD-10 codes. The primary endpoint was newly received cataract surgery during the follow-up period. In total, 447,883 subjects had at least one allergic disease. During the mean follow-up of 7.8 ± 1.7 years, newly developed cataract surgery was observed in 301,693 subjects (allergic group, n = 69,321; non-allergic group, n = 232,372). After adjusting for demographic characteristics (age, sex), systemic and ocular comorbidities, socioeconom

SUBMITTER: Paik JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9732285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature