Durga Ganesh, Jeffrey N Chiang, Giulia Corradetti, Noah Zaitlen, Eran Halperin, Srinivas R Sadda
BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the relationship between statin use and the age of onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: Electronic Health Records from 52,840 patients evaluated at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Ophthalmology Clinics and 9,977 patients evaluated at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Ophthalmology Clinics were screened. Survival analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazards regression models and visualized using Kaplan Meier survival curves, with the following covariates-sex, ethnicity, smoking history, fluoxetine use, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension...
March 14, 2023: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology