| Presentation preference | Poster presentation |
| Title | Tinnitus as a potential risk factor for uveitis: A Nationwide Population-based cohort study in Taiwan. |
| Purpose | To investigate whether patients with tinnitus are at increased risk of uveitis. |
| Methods | This was a retrospective study conducted using data collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database. Patients newly diagnosed with tinnitus between 2001 and 2014 were recruited and followed up until 2018. The endpoint of interest was a diagnosis of uveitis. |
| Results | 31,034 tinnitus patients and 124,136 matched comparisons were analyzed. Tinnitus patients were found to have a significantly higher cumulative incidence for uveitis than those without the diagnosis of tinnitus (incidence rate 1.68 (95% CI 1.55-1.82)/10000 person-months for tinnitus group and 1.48 (95% CI 1.42-1.54)/10000 person-months for non-tinnitus group). Through multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis, the tinnitus group was found to have a significantly higher risk of developing uveitis (adjusted hazard ratio 1.09 (95% CI 1.0-1.2), p<0.05). After stratification by gender and age, increased risk of uveitis among tinnitus patients was observed among female population and aged between 50 and59 years old. |
| Conclusion | Patients with tinnitus were found to have increased risk of developing uveitis, mainly among females and the middle-aged group. Furthermore, patients with age greater than 50 years old, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and abnormal renal function were also found to be risk factors for uveitis. |
| Conflict of interest | No |
Authors 1
| Last name | LIN |
| Initials of first name(s) | CJ |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 2
| Last name | Chen |
| Initials of first name(s) | YJ |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 3
| Last name | Hsu |
| Initials of first name(s) | A |
| Department | Department of General Medicine |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 4
| Last name | Hsia |
| Initials of first name(s) | NY |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 5
| Last name | Meng |
| Initials of first name(s) | PP |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 6
| Last name | Liao |
| Initials of first name(s) | PL |
| Department | Department of Medical Research |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 7
| Last name | Hsu |
| Initials of first name(s) | MY |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 8
| Last name | Lai |
| Initials of first name(s) | CT |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 9
| Last name | Chen |
| Initials of first name(s) | HS |
| Department | An-Shin Dialysis Center, NephroCare Ltd., Fresenius Medical Care, |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
Authors 10
| Last name | Tsai |
| Initials of first name(s) | YY |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| City | Taichung |
| Country | Taiwan |
