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ReviewClinical & experimental ophthalmology

From bench to behaviour: The role of lifestyle factors on intraocular pressure, neuroprotection, and disease progression in glaucoma.

Anika Kumar, Yvonne Ou

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical & experimental ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Vitamins and nutraceuticals in glaucoma research.European journal of ophthalmology · 2026
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  9. Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anika KumarDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4050-7274
Yvonne OuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6942-8580
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Rapid-Prototyping and Design CoreP30EY002162 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ULLIAN, ERIK M · 1985 to 2024
$16.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002162NEI NIH HHS P30EY002162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current glaucoma management centres on intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction through pharmacological and surgical therapy. Despite broad interest in active management of glaucoma through lifestyle modifications, such recommendations have yet to be incorporated into standards of treatment. In this review, noteworthy preclinical studies and their translations in clinical populations are discussed to evaluate the roles of lifestyle factors in lowering IOP, offering neuroprotection, and/or slowing disease progression in those with open-angle glaucoma. Current literature suggests that aerobic exercise may be associated with neuroprotection and decreased disease progression. Mindfulness is associated with IOP reductions and neuroprotection. Caffeine is associated with mild, transient IOP elevations of uncertain significance. Nicotinamide supplementation is associated with neuroprotection and short-term visual function improvement. This review also highlights knowledge gaps regarding these factors and opportunities to strengthen our understanding of their role in glaucoma, including future preclinical studies that elucidate underlying mechanisms and clinical studies with additional functional endpoints and longer follow-up.

Indexed as

GlaucomaGlaucoma, Open-AngleOcular HypotensionDisease ProgressionHumansIntraocular PressureLife StyleNeuroprotectionaerobic exercisecaffeineglaucomamindfulnesssupplements

Identifiers

PMID36859798
PMCPMC11144012
OpenAlexW4322758015

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