ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2017
Occupational lifting and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a follow-up study of Swedish conscripts.
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- Increased prevalence of myopia in Swedish conscripts between 1975 and 1995 - associations with education and verbal ability.Acta ophthalmologica · 2025Article
- The Prevalence of Myopia in Finnish Conscripts Has not Increased in Recent Decades and Is Lower Than in Many East and Southeast Asian Countries.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- The Seasonality of Retinal Detachment: Peaks, Troughs, and Global Trends.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A cohort study of retinal detachment among Swedish construction workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in commercially insured myopes in the United States.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Neglected cause of retinal detachment: a hospital-based case-control study on occupational heavy lifting as a risk factor.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Retinal Detachment: A Case-Control Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
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objectivesTo investigate the association between occupational lifting and the risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) using data from a large population of men.
methodsWe used data from a national cohort of 49 321 Swedish men conscripted for compulsory military service in 1969-1970. We collected information on surgically treated RRD from the National Patient Register and we followed up the cohort between 1991 and 2009 at ages 40-60 years. Exposure to occupational lifting was assessed by applying a job exposure matrix to occupational data from the 1990 census. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% CIs were estimated through Poisson regression models adjusted by degree of myopia, income and education level.
resultsWe observed 217 cases of RRD in 7 80 166 person-years. In univariate analyses we did not observe an association between occupational lifting and RRD. However, after adjustment for myopia and socioeconomic factors, we found an increased risk of RRD (IRR 2.38, 95% CI 1.15 to 4.93) for subjects in the highest category of exposure compared with those in the lowest one. The incidence rate of RRD among subjects lifting heavy loads at least twice per week, aged between 50 years and 59 years, and affected by severe myopia was as high as 7.9 cases per 1000 person-years, compared with an overall rate of 0.28.
conclusionsOur study supports the hypothesis that heavy occupational lifting is a risk factor for RRD. Information on myopia degree and socioeconomic status is necessary when studying the association between occupational lifting and RRD.
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