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ArticleJMIR public health and surveillance2024

Association Between Fatty Liver Index and Incidence of Cataract Surgery in Individuals Aged 50 Years and Older Based on the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort (NHIS-HEALS) Data: Longitudinal Retrospective Cohort Study.

Yonghwan Kim, Jeongsook Kim, Eoi Jong Seo, Kyung Tae Kim, Jae-Woo Lee, Joungyoun Kim, Hee-Taik Kang

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Yonghwan KimDepartment of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9965-675X
Jeongsook KimClinical Research Team Hyundai Pharm Co., Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0002-4375-8121
Eoi Jong SeoDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6574-7744
Kyung Tae KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0495-930X
Jae-Woo LeeDepartment of Family Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1784-6494
Joungyoun Kim *Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9092-5423
Hee-Taik Kang *Department of Family Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea, 82 2-2228-2330, 82 2-362-2330.ORCID 0000-0001-8048-6247

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Background: Cataract is a leading cause of vision impairment. Obesity-related risk factors, including insulin resistance, increase the risk of cataract. The fatty liver index (FLI) is a biomarker for noninvasive fat layer prediction of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The FLI has been used to evaluate the metabolic contribution in other organs besides the eye. However, no study exists on the FLI and eye disease. Objective: This retrospective cohort study for the association between the FLI and incidence of cataract surgery in individuals older than 50 years was designed to show that a higher FLI is associated with an increased incidence of cataract surgery in individuals aged 50 years and older. Methods: This study was retrospectively designed based on the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort (NHIS-HEALS) cohort (median follow-up of 9.8 years). Participants were assigned to 1 of 3 groups based on the FLI: low (FLI<30), intermediate (FLI 30-59), or high (FLI≥60). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed on the cumulative incidence of all-cataract and senile-cataract surgery. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to study the association between the FLI group and cataract surgery after adjusting for potential confounders. Results: Of the 138,347 included participants, the incidence of cataract surgery was 12.49% (4779/38,274), 13.95% (6680/47,875), and 14.16% (7496/52,930) in the low, intermediate, and high FLI groups, respectively. After adjusting for all confounding factors, hazard ratios (HRs; 95% CIs) in the high FLI group for all-cataract surgery were 1.111 (1.028-1.199) and 1.184 (1.101-1.274) in men and women, respectively, when compared with the low FLI group. HRs (95% CIs) in the high FLI group for senile-cataract surgery were 1.106 (1.022-1.197) and 1.147 (1.065-1.237) in men and women, respectively, when compared with the low FLI group. The project was conducted between August 2023 and February 2024 without donations from external bodies. Conclusions: Individuals with a higher FLI had a higher risk of all-cataract surgery. This association was maintained even after limiting the analyses to senile-cataract surgery.

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CataractCataract ExtractionNational Health ProgramsAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesRisk Factorsall-cataractfatty liver indexHealth Screening CohortKorean National Health Insurance ServiceNAFLDNHIS-HEALSnonalcoholic fatty liver diseasesenile-cataractsurgery

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