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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Associations Between Retinal Vascular Occlusions and Dementia.

Minali Prasad, Deniz Goodman, Sanhit Gutta, Zahra Sheikh, Howard J Cabral, Jenny Shunyakova, Nayan Sanjiv, Cameron Curley, Rohun Reddy Yarala, Lynna Tsai and 7 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Does retinal vascular occlusion increase the risk of dementia? A pioneering systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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17 authors.

Minali PrasadDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0596-1903
Deniz GoodmanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7176-0694
Sanhit GuttaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3640-0706
Zahra SheikhDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8729-1802
Howard J CabralDepartment of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-8331
Jenny ShunyakovaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9247-3381
Nayan SanjivDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6110-7387
Cameron CurleyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2777-8482
Rohun Reddy YaralaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-1242-6089
Lynna TsaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Nicole H SiegelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3523-8225
Xuejing ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6827-0152
Vasiliki PoulakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Michael L AloscoBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Thor D SteinVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6954-4477
Steven NessDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5843-9476
Manju L SubramanianDepartment of Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0061-098X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesRetinal vascular occlusions, such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and retinal artery occlusion (RAO), are associated with cognitive impairment, including dementia. Our objective was to examine the odds of dementia among patients with retinal vascular occlusion.

methodsThis cross-sectional study included 474 patients with retinal vascular occlusion and 948 patients without retinal vascular occlusion (comparison group). Patients in the comparison group were age- and sex-matched to those with vascular occlusion. Logistic regression was used to analyze the odds of all-cause dementia, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer's disease after adjusting for demographic, clinical, and ophthalmic covariates. Main outcome measures included the presence of all-cause dementia, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.

resultsPatients with RVO (n = 413) had increased odds for all-cause dementia (odds ratio (OR) = 2.32; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.44-3.75;

conclusionsA history of any RVO is associated with increased rates of all-cause dementia and vascular dementia independent of shared cardiovascular risk factors. These associations are not seen with a history of RAO, or between any subtype of vascular occlusions and Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseretinal artery occlusionretinal vein occlusionvascular dementia

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PMID39684995
PMCPMC11641452

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