Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma May Develop Ischemic Heart Disease More Often than Those without Glaucoma: An 11-Year Population-Based Cohort Study

• Yu-Yen Chen,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Yun Hu,

  Affiliations Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Dachen Chu,

  Affiliations Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Deputy Superintendent, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Hua Chen,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chin-Kuo Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chin-Kuo Chang, Pesus Chou

  * E-mail: pschou@ym.edu.tw (PC); chin-kuo.chang@kcl.ac.uk (CKC)

  Affiliation Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Pesus Chou

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chin-Kuo Chang, Pesus Chou

  * E-mail: pschou@ym.edu.tw (PC); chin-kuo.chang@kcl.ac.uk (CKC)

  Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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