Increased incidence of age-related macular degeneration in sensorineural hearing loss: A population-based cohort study

• Chia-Yi Lee ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, College of Medicine and Life Science, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hung-Chi Chen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Center for Tissue Engineering, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

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• Pei-Hsuan Wu,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jessie Chao-Yun Chi,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chi-Chin Sun,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

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• Jing-Yang Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hung-Yu Lin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); anthonyhungyulin@hotmail.com (H-YL)

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Exercise and Health Promotion, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Changhua, Taiwan

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• Shun-Fa Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); anthonyhungyulin@hotmail.com (H-YL)

  Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0365-7927

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