Loneliness and social isolation are associated with an increased risk of glaucoma: a UK Biobank cohort study

• Main Authors: Xinyu Zhu (Author), Bo Li (Author), Xinyu Zhang (Author), Yujin Jiang (Author), Yikeng Huang (Author), Chenxin Li (Author), Zhi Zheng (Author), Yili Zhang (Author), Bei Zhu (Author), Shuzhi Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Loneliness and social isolation have been found to be associated with various health-related outcomes. Our study aimed to evaluate the association of loneliness and social isolation with the risk of glaucoma. Methods A total of 373,330 participants from the UK Biobank without gla...