Association of ambient particulate matter exposure with the incidence of glaucoma in childhood
American Journal of Ophthalmology Nov 20, 2019
Min KB, et al. - Researchers conducted this retrospective cohort study to ascertain if exposure to air pollution, especially to particles with a mass median aerodynamic diameter of ≤ 10 μm (PM10), was correlated with diagnosis of childhood glaucoma. A total of 9,004 infants born between January 2002 and December 2002 were involved and followed-up for an 11-year period (2003–2012) from the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort. According to results, glaucoma occurred in 85 (0.94%) during the study period. Findings suggested an association of short-term and long-term exposure to PM10 with the incidence of childhood glaucoma. This study supports previous reports on the link between air pollution and ocular disease and indicates that exposure to PM10 may pose a risk to glaucoma in childhood.
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