High myopia as risk factor for the 10-year incidence of open-angle glaucoma in the Beijing Eye Study.

Ya-Xing WangHua YangChuan Chuan WeiLiang XuWen Bin Wei Jost Bruno Jonas

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2022)

In a 10-year follow-up, high myopia was a major risk factor for the development of OAG with a 7.3-fold risk increase as compared with emmetropic eyes. Higher age, IOP, VCDR and thinner CCT were additionally related with an increased OAG incidence. The findings may be of importance to clinical protocols and screening strategies.

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