Association of dyslipidaemia and oral statin use, and dry eye disease symptoms in the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Kenneth G-J OoiMing-Han H LeeGeorge BurlutskyBamini GopinathPaul MitchellStephanie Watson

Published in: Clinical & experimental ophthalmology (2018)

The association between oral statin use and presence of moderate to severe DED symptomatology is a novel finding that deserves further mechanistic and clinical correlation in order to determine its potential, or lack thereof, for the management of dry eye.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
early onset
high intensity
low density lipoprotein
type diabetes
depressive symptoms
physical activity
drug induced