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Observational studyMedicine2016

Association Between Glaucoma and the Risk of Dementia.

Cheng-Wen Su, Che-Chen Lin, Chia-Hung Kao, Hsin-Yi Chen

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Observational study in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cognitive impairment in glaucoma.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026
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  12. Beyond vision loss: the impact of glaucoma on the brain.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cheng-Wen SuFrom the Department of Ophthalmology (C-WS, H-YC); School of Medicine, Medical College (H-YC, C-CL); Management Office for Health Data (C-CL); Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine (C-HK); and Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (C-HK).
Che-Chen Lin
Chia-Hung Kao
Hsin-Yi Chen
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the association of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) with the risk of dementia by evaluating their clinical and epidemiological similarities by using a nationally representative sample in Taiwan. Data were collected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. In total, 6509 patients with glaucoma (3304 with POAG and 3205 with PACG) were enrolled, and a comparison cohort of 26,036 individuals without glaucoma was established after matching for age and sex. The cumulative incidence curve of overall dementia for each cohort was evaluated. The risk of dementia was analyzed using univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models after adjustment for demographic characteristics and comorbidities. The patients with glaucoma exhibited a significantly higher risk of dementia than the individuals without glaucoma did (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.01-1.27). The patients with POAG exhibited a 1.21-fold increased risk of dementia compared with the individuals without glaucoma (HR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.02-1.43). However, the patients with PACG were not significantly associated with an increased risk of dementia compared with the individuals without glaucoma (HR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.95-1.26). Patients with POAG aged ≥65 years were significantly associated with an increased risk of dementia compared with the individuals without glaucoma (HR = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.07-1.54). Females with POAG exhibited a 1.34-fold increased risk of dementia compared with females without glaucoma (95% CI = 1.06-1.69). This study demonstrated that patients with POAG but not those with PACG were associated with an increased risk of dementia compared with the general population.

Indexed as

DementiaFemaleGlaucoma, Angle-ClosureGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRiskTaiwan

Identifiers

PMID26886642
PMCPMC4998642
OpenAlexW2279052200

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