Association of Myopia With Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome: Findings From the UK Biobank Study Cohort of 91,591 Participants

Association of Myopia With Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome: Findings From the UK Biobank Study Cohort of 91,591 Participants

PurposeTo investigate the association between myopia and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a prospective cohort from the UK Biobank Study.MethodsVolunteers (aged 40 years and above) free of baseline MetS and cataract included from the UK Biobank Study, a prospective follow-up cohort. Myopia was d...

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Main Authors: Yanxian Chen, Zhuoting Zhu, Wei Wang, Xianwen Shang, Mingguang He, Jinying Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
myopia
metabolic syndrome
older population
Western lifestyle
cohort study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.872013/full

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