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Obesity Seems to Cut Women's Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma

Obesity may be associated with reduced risk of the eye disease open-angle glaucoma in women, but not in men, a new study suggests. Open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of glaucoma, a condition that causes damage to the optic nerve. In the study, researchers in the Netherlands analyzed data from 3,939 participants, aged 55 and older, who took part in the Rotterdam Study and who did not have open-angle glaucoma when the study began between 1991 and 1993. The investigators found that, for women, there was a link between increased body mass index (BMI) and pressure within the eyes (intraocular pressure), which is a risk factor for open-angle glaucoma. However, they discovered that each one-unit increase in BMI was associated with a 7 percent decrease in the risk of developing open-angle glaucoma, but only among women.
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