Kelsey V Stuart, Mahantesh I Biradar, Robert N Luben, Neeraj Dhaun, Siegfried K Wagner, Alasdair N Warwick, Zihan Sun, Kian M Madjedi, Louis R Pasquale, Janey L Wiggs, Jae H Kang, Marleen A H Lentjes, Hugues Aschard, Jihye Kim, Paul J Foster, Anthony P Khawaja
OBJECTIVE: Excessive dietary sodium intake has known adverse effects on intravascular fluid volume and systemic blood pressure, which may influence intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma risk. This study aimed to assess the association of urinary sodium excretion, a biomarker of dietary intake, with glaucoma and related traits, and to determine whether this relationship is modified by genetic susceptibility to disease. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational and gene-environment interaction analyses in the population-based UK Biobank study...
May 7, 2024: Ophthalmology Glaucoma