Boumenna Tahani

Association of Statin Use and High Serum Cholesterol Levels With Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Among adults aged 40 years or older, higher serum cholesterol levels were associated with higher risk of POAG, while 5 or more years of statin use compared with never use of statins was associated with…

Association of a Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Genetic Risk Score With Earlier Age at Diagnosis.

A higher dose of POAG risk alleles was associated with an earlier age at glaucoma diagnosis.

Prospective study of flavonoid intake and risk of primary open-angle glaucoma.

Total flavonoid intake was not associated with POAG risk. Greater intakes of flavonols and monomeric flavanols and of tea showed suggestive modest associations with lower risk; these results need confirmation.

Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Kang et al. Association of statin use and high serum cholesterol levels with risk of primary open-angle glaucoma. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137(7):756-765.