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Dietary nitrate associated with decreased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma
Greater dietary nitrate intake correlated with a lower risk for development of primary open-angle glaucoma in adults in one large prospective study.A total of 1,483 patients (1,000 women and 483 men) aged 40 years and older with definite or probable primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) were identified from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study to evaluate the therapeutic effects of nitric oxide in relation to outflow facility and retinal blood flow autoregulation. Both study pools incorporated a validated semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) that was administered every (Read more...)