Association of Primary Open-angle Glaucoma With Tinnitus: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

This study aims to investigate the association between primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and tinnitus. We found that tinnitus was significantly associated with preexisting POAG [adjusted odds ratio (OR)=1.298]. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between POAG and tinnitus using nationwide population-based data from Taiwan. Methods: Data for this case-control study were retrieved from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database for all 542,682 patients with a first-time diagnosis of tinnitus (cases), and 1,628,046 propensity score–matched controls from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance system. We performed multiple logistic regression analysis to estimate the odds (ORs) of prior POAG among cases versus controls. Results: Of total 2,170,728 study patients, 85,257 (3.93%) had POAG before the index date of tinnitus, 25,496 (4.70%) among cases and 59,761 (3.67%) among controls (P
Source: Journal of Glaucoma - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Advances in Glaucoma: Original Studies Source Type: research