The risk of ischemic stroke significantly increases in individuals with blepharitis: A population-based study involving 424,161 patients

• Jing-Xing Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of General Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3776-5042

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• Shu-Bai Hsu,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Hsiu Shih,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Yu Tsai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Hsuen Wu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• You-Ling Li,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chun-Chi Chiang

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elsa10019@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7315-1051

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