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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2020

Link of ocular pseudoexfoliation syndrome and vascular system changes: results from 10-year follow-up study.

Ugnė Rumelaitienė, Dalia Žaliūnienė, Martynas Špečkauskas, Abdonas Tamošiūnas, Ričardas Radišauskas, Emilija Jusevičiūtė, Vidas Vainauskas, Gailutė Bernotienė

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Article in International ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epidemiology, biometric features and risk factors of pseudoexfoliation syndrome among cataract patients: a hospital-based study in Apulia.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  7. Prediagnostic Plasma Metabolomics and the Risk of Exfoliation Glaucoma.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ugnė RumelaitienėDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus St. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania. ugne_jasinskaite@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-6620
Dalia ŽaliūnienėDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus St. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Martynas ŠpečkauskasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus St. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Abdonas TamošiūnasInstitute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Ričardas RadišauskasInstitute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Emilija JusevičiūtėDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus St. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Vidas VainauskasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus St. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Gailutė BernotienėInstitute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · LT

Funding

the Research Council of Lithuania SEN-15028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo examine the 10-year incidence of the pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in adults in a population-based follow-up study, to determine its link with vascular diseases, and to identify possible risk factors of the PEX.

methodsThe baseline examination was performed in 2006 on a random sample of 1033 participants from Kaunas city (Lithuania) population. In 2016, a follow-up study of 686 participants who returned for the examination was conducted. The respondents filled out a questionnaire, an ophthalmological examination was performed, and the presence of vascular diseases was determined by the anamnesis and electrocardiogram evaluation data. Binary univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted with the PEX and vascular diseases as predictors, controlling for age. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals of OR were calculated for the risk of new PEX cases.

resultsDuring 10 years, the prevalence of the PEX in the study population increased from 10.3 to 34.2%. The rates of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and IHD combined with stroke were significantly higher in the PEX subjects than in the non-PEX subjects. The risk of the PEX among persons with IHD was, on the average, by 1.5-fold higher, and among those with IHD and stroke, on the average, by 1.6-fold higher as compared to persons without the aforementioned pathologies (accordingly, p = 0.014 and p = 0.010).

conclusionThe prevalence of the PEX increased significantly with age. The risk of the PEX was significantly higher among persons with IHD and even higher among persons with IHD and stroke. In the future, a greater understanding of the cardiovascular, metabolic, and environmental components associated with the PEX may lead to more specific lifestyle-related preventive strategies to decrease the disease burden.

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ForecastingAgedDisease ProgressionElectroretinographyExfoliation SyndromeFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceLithuaniaMaleMiddle AgedPopulation SurveillancePrevalenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsArterial hypertensionCardiovascular diseasesIschemic heart diseasePrevalencePseudoexfoliation syndromeStroke

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