Similarities and Differences in Systemic Risk Factors for Retinal Artery Occlusion and Stroke: A Nationwide Case-Control Study.

Ørskov, Marie, Vorum, Henrik, Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard, Lip, Gregory YH ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-1626, Bek, Toke ORCID: 0000-0002-0409-2534 and Skjøth, Flemming (2022) Similarities and Differences in Systemic Risk Factors for Retinal Artery Occlusion and Stroke: A Nationwide Case-Control Study. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 31 (8). 106610-.

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Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Retinal artery occlusion (RAO) has been considered a stroke equivalent. This study compares risk factor profiles for thromboembolism among patients with RAO and stroke, respectively.<h4>Methods</h4>This case-control study is based on 5683 RAO patients entered in the Danish National Patient Register between 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2000 and 31<sup>st</sup> of December 2018. Cases were matched on sex, year of birth, and age at event with 28,415 stroke patients. The Danish nationwide registries were used to collect information about age, sex, previous diagnoses, and drug prescriptions. Adjusted conditional logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between hypothesised risk factors and the patient outcome.<h4>Results</h4>For atrial fibrillation, a substantially stronger association to stroke was found, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.52 (95% CI: 0.47-0.58) when comparing RAO patients with stroke patients. RAO was stronger associated with arterial hypertension, peripheral artery disease, retinal vein occlusion, cataract, and glaucoma with OR's ranging from 1.21-11.70. The identified effect measures reached equivalence or was close to equivalence for diabetes, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and renal disease.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The differences in risk factor profiles between RAO and stroke suggests differences in the pathophysiology of the two diseases. These variations in pathophysiologies between the two diseases may indicate that different interventions are needed to ensure the optimal long-term prognosis for the patients.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Retinal Artery Occlusion, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Retrospective Studies, Stroke
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2023 14:20
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2023 14:20
DOI:	10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106610
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.202...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173630