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ArticleEye (London, England)2025

Childhood or adolescent abuse and primary open-angle glaucoma in a longitudinal cohort of women.

Megan Yu, Hannah H Hwang, Andrea L Roberts, Karestan C Koenen, Janey L Wiggs, Louis R Pasquale, Jae H Kang

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Megan Yu *Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Hannah H Hwang *Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrea L RobertsDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Karestan C KoenenDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Janey L WiggsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-3278
Louis R PasqualeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-3496
Jae H KangChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. nhjhk@channing.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-0557

Funding

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Accelerated Aging in WomenR01MH101269 · NIMH · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI KOENEN, KARESTAN C, KUBZANSKY, LAURA D · 2014 to 2021
$6.5M
Understanding the clinical impact of cumulative genetic risk to glaucomaR01EY032559 · NEI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Louis Robert Pasquale, Janey L Wiggs · 2021 to 2026
$4.3M
Multiomic Framework for GlaucomaR01EY036460 · NEI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI JAE H KANG, Louis Robert Pasquale · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032559NEI NIH HHS R01 EY036460NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101269U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) R01EY032559U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) R01EY036460U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH101269
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Abstract

objectiveTo examine associations of childhood/adolescence abuse with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and POAG subtypes.

methodsWe included US female nurse participants from the Nurses' Health Study II (1989-2019). Participants (n = 59,712) were ≥40 years old, reported follow-up eye exams, had no glaucoma, and had early-life adverse experience data. Self-reported childhood/adolescence abuse was assessed in 2001 with the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) and the 2-item sexual maltreatment scale of the parent-child CTS. We evaluated associations by type (any, physical, sexual) and timing (childhood, adolescence). POAG cases (n = 255) were confirmed and subtyped with medical record review. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

resultsSevere childhood/adolescent abuse was reported by 16.5%. There was no association between any childhood/adolescent abuse (HR 1.03; 95% CI: 0.79-1.35), physical abuse, abuse experienced during childhood only or adolescence only, and POAG risk. Compared to no sexual abuse history, any sexual abuse was modestly associated with POAG (HR 1.31; 95% CI: 1.01-1.69). Specifically, we observed adverse associations with sexual abuse for the POAG subtype with paracentral vs. peripheral VF loss (P

conclusionsWhile any childhood/adolescence abuse history was not associated with POAG, the modest adverse associations with early-life sexual abuse history warrant confirmation in future studies.

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Adult Survivors of Child AbuseChild AbuseGlaucoma, Open-AngleAdolescentAdultAgedChildFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsUnited States

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PMID40211014
PMCPMC12209413

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