Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-7948
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-7948
+44 1300 500008
An-Shin Dialysis Center, NephroCare Ltd., Fresenius Medical Care, Taichung, Taiwan
Research Article
Thyroid Eye Disease not Associated with the Risk for Uveitis: A 13-Year Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
Author(s): Lin CJ*, Tien PT, Lai CT, Chang CH*, Hsia NY, Lin JM, Yang YC, Bair H, Chen HS and Tsai YY
Purpose: To investigate whether patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) are at increased risk of uveitis.
Methods: Data was collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance system and included patients newly
diagnosed with TED from 2000 to 2012. The endpoint of interest was a diagnosis of uveitis.
Results: 444 patients with TED yielding1,776 matched comparisons revealed that patients with TED were found to
have no significantly higher risk for developing uveitis. When comparison of TED and non-TED group was stratified
by gender, and age, the association of TED and uveitis was also not significant.
Conclusion: TED is characterized as an extraocular inflammatory disease and uveitis is an intraocular inflammation.
In the largest study of TED in uveitis to date, our finding.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-7948.20.09.239