Researchers found that patients with a residential history of living in the middle and southern tiers of the U.S. have a 47 and 75 percent reduced risk of developing exfoliation syndrome, a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma, according to findings published in Ophthalmology.
Researchers analyzed data of more than 78,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study and more than 40,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study who were followed for at least 20 years. In addition to finding a greater risk of glaucoma in the northern U.S., they found that residence at age 15 was the most strongly associated with risk, followed by current residence.
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Researchers analyzed data of more than 78,000 women in the Nurses' Health Study and more than 40,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study who were followed for at least 20 years. In addition to finding a greater risk of glaucoma in the northern U.S., they found that residence at age 15 was the most strongly associated with risk, followed by current residence.
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