ArticleOphthalmology2015
Association between Smoking and Uveitis: Results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.
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- Risk factors for proliferative vitreoretinopathy after retinal detachment surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Non-infectious Uveitis: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Uveitis Associated with Conventional Cigarette Smoking and E-Cigarette Use: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Predictive lipidaemic and clinical factors for PVR formation after RRD surgery in nondiabetic patients.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- The Immunopathogenesis of uveitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- First Clinical Evidence Linking Smoking to Increased Postoperative Macular and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Cataract Surgery Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- [James Joyce. Chronic recurrent iritis resulting from postvenereal reactive arthritis].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2025Article
- Does uveitis increase the risk of age-related wet macular degeneration? A Mendelian randomization study.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Inflammatory eye disease is a risk factor for future microscopic colitis: A nationwide population-based matched case control study.United European gastroenterology journal · 2024Article
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- Changing Trends in the Disease Burden of Cataract and Forecasted Trends in China and Globally from 1990 to 2030.Clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
- Pattern of Uveitis in a Tertiary Hospital in North Jordan and the Impact of Behcet's Disease.Journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Long-term follow-up after treatment of tubercular uveitis: case series and review of the literature.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Risk of inflammatory bowel disease in uveitis patients: a population-based cohort study.Eye (London, England) · 2022Article
- Associations Between Smoking and Primary Sjögren Syndrome Classification Using the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance Cohort.ACR open rheumatology · 2022Article
- The Adverse Effects of Air Pollution on the Eye: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Triggering factors associated with a new episode of recurrent acute anterior uveitis.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- High Ambient Temperature Aggravates Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis Symptoms.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Risk of Noninfectious Uveitis with Female Hormonal Therapy in a Large Healthcare Claims Database.Ophthalmology · 2020Article
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purposeTo assess whether cigarette smoking is associated with the development of uveitis in a population-based setting.
designRetrospective, population-based, case-control study.
participantsPatients aged ≥ 18 years who were seen at a Kaiser Permanente Hawaii clinic between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2007. Analysis included 100 confirmed incident uveitis cases, 522 randomly selected controls from the general Kaiser Hawaii population, and 528 randomly selected controls from the Kaiser Hawaii ophthalmology clinic.
methodsInternational Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9), diagnosis codes were used to identify possible uveitis cases. A uveitis fellowship-trained ophthalmologist then conducted individual chart review to confirm case status. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between smoking and uveitis, adjusting for age, sex, race, and socioeconomic status.
main outcome measuresDevelopment of uveitis.
resultsCurrent smokers had a 1.63 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.88-3.00; P = 0.12) and 2.33 (95% CI, 1.22-4.45; P = 0.01) times greater odds of developing uveitis compared with those who never smoked using the general and ophthalmology control groups, respectively. The association was even stronger with noninfectious uveitis, which yielded odds ratios of 2.10 (95% CI, 1.10-3.99; P = 0.02) and 2.96 (95% CI, 1.52-5.77; P = 0.001) using the general and ophthalmology control groups, respectively.
conclusionsCigarette smoking is significantly associated with new-onset uveitis within a population-based setting. The association was stronger for noninfectious uveitis. Given the well-established risks of smoking with regard to other inflammatory disorders, these results reaffirm the importance of encouraging patients to avoid or cease smoking.
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