TY - JOUR
T1 - Similarities and differences in systemic risk factors for retinal artery occlusion and stroke
T2 - A nationwide case-control study
AU - Ørskov, Marie
AU - Vorum, Henrik
AU - Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard
AU - Lip, Gregory Y. H.
AU - Bek, Toke
AU - Skjøth, Flemming
N1 - Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: This case-control study is based on 5683 RAO patients entered in the Danish National Patient Register between 1st of January 2000 and 31st 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.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSION: 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.
AB - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: This case-control study is based on 5683 RAO patients entered in the Danish National Patient Register between 1st of January 2000 and 31st 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.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSION: 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.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Pathophysiology
KW - Retinal artery occlusion
KW - Risk factors
KW - Stroke
KW - Stroke/complications
KW - Humans
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Retinal Artery Occlusion/complications
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Case-Control Studies
U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106610
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106610
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35777081
SN - 1052-3057
VL - 31
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
IS - 8
M1 - 106610
ER -