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2018

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The Association Between Fruit And Vegetable Consumption And Physical Activity With The Risk Of Glaucoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Ramanpreet Brar Apr 2018

The Association Between Fruit And Vegetable Consumption And Physical Activity With The Risk Of Glaucoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Ramanpreet Brar

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Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether physical activity and consumption of fruits and vegetables were associated with the risk of developing glaucoma.

Methods: The Household, Longitudinal component of the Canadian National Population Health Survey database was used. Weighted crude and adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were fitted with time-dependent covariates. The adjusted models were controlled for age, sex, BMI, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, heart disease, education, and income.

Results: A total of 9,950 respondents were included, of which 190 developed glaucoma within the 10-year follow-up period. The adjusted hazards ratios for physical activity …