Different Mechanistic Association of Myopia with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment between Young and Elderly Patients.

Min Seok Kim Sang Jun Park Kyu Hyung Park Se Joon Woo

Published in: BioMed research international (2019)

We found a difference in the prevalence of myopia between young and elderly patients with RRD, which corresponds to a bimodal distribution of RRD incidence in East Asian countries. Our data indicate that myopia or high myopia-induced early vitreous detachment appears to be a major mechanism of occurrence of RRD in young East Asian patients, while senile vitreous liquefaction and detachment is the main mechanism of RRD in elderly patients.

Keyphrases

middle aged
end stage renal disease
optic nerve
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
risk assessment
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
electronic health record
oxidative stress
high glucose
drug induced
machine learning
heavy metals
optical coherence tomography