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Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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    • Yili Luo
    • Jianpeng Liu
    • Wangqiang Feng
    • Da Lin
    • Guangwei Song
    • Mengji Chen
    • Haihua Zheng
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    Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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Although age‑related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness, the treatment methods for AMD are limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between oral β‑blockers (BBs) and the risk of developing AMD among hypertensive patients. For this purpose, a total of 3,311 hypertensive patients from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included in the study. The use of BBs and treatment duration data were collected using a self‑reported questionnaire. AMD was diagnosed by gradable retinal images. Multivariate‑adjusted survey‑weighted univariate logistic regression was used to confirm the association between the use of BBs and the risk of developing AMD. The results revealed that the use of BBs exerted a beneficial effect (odds ratio (OR), 0.34; 95% confidence interval (95% CI, 0.13‑0.92; P=0.04) in late‑stage AMD in the multivariate adjusted model. When the BBs were classified into non‑selective BBs and selective BBs, the protective effect in late‑stage AMD was still observed in the non‑selective BBs (OR, 0.20; 95% CI, 0.07‑0.61; P<0.001). After accounting for treatment duration, long‑term treatment with BBs (>6 years) was also found to reduce the risk of late‑stage AMD (OR, 0.13; 95% CI, 0.03‑0.63; P=0.01). In late‑stage AMD, the long‑term use of BBs was beneficial for geographic atrophy (OR, 0.07; 95% CI, 0.02‑0.28; P<0.001). On the whole, the present study demonstrates that the use of non‑selective BBs exerted a beneficial effect against the risk of late‑stage AMD among hypertensive patients. Long‑term treatment with BBs was also associated with lower risk of developing AMD. These findings may provide novel strategies for the management and treatment of AMD.
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Luo, Y., Liu, J., Feng, W., Lin, D., Song, G., Chen, M., Zheng, H."Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Medicine International 3.1 (2023): 10.
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Luo, Y., Liu, J., Feng, W., Lin, D., Song, G., Chen, M., Zheng, H."Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Medicine International 3, no. 1 (2023): 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2023.70
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Luo, Y., Liu, J., Feng, W., Lin, D., Song, G., Chen, M., & Zheng, H. (2023). Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Medicine International, 3, 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2023.70
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Luo, Y., Liu, J., Feng, W., Lin, D., Song, G., Chen, M., Zheng, H."Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Medicine International 3.1 (2023): 10.
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Luo, Y., Liu, J., Feng, W., Lin, D., Song, G., Chen, M., Zheng, H."Use of β‑blockers and risk of age‑related macular degeneration among hypertensive patients: An insight from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Medicine International 3, no. 1 (2023): 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2023.70
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