An observational cross-sectional study of 50 patients with POAG reported that POAG was associated with stroke and blood pressure; however, these associations did not reach statistical significance. 50 In a population-based cohort study on patients with diabetes, it was found that neither glaucoma nor OAG at baseline was associated with an increased risk of stroke mortality during the 16-year follow-up period, after controlling for other confounding factors. 27 Similarly, another study found
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Association between glaucoma and stroke: A bidirectional mendelian randomization study.
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