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SUBMITTER: Jung Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235084 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jung Younhea Y Han Kyungdo K Na Kyung-Sun KS Kim Gee-Hyun GH Ha Minji M Paik Ji-Sun JS Moon Jung Il JI
Scientific reports 20200518 1
To compare the risk of cancer development between patients with glaucoma and those without, we conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study using the Korean National Health Insurance Database. Individuals with diagnosis of glaucoma between 2007 and 2016 were identified, and controls were 1:1 matched based on age and sex. We calculated the incidence rates(IR) and hazard ratios(HR) before and after adjusting for age, gender, diabetes, smoking history, and body mass index. A total of 107,53 ...[more]