Frequent dietary salt intake may increase the risk for glaucoma in patients on antihypertensive therapy, according to a study.
The analysis was conducted within the participants of the incidence phase of the Thessaloniki Eye Study (TES), a population-based study of chronic eye diseases conducted in Northern Greece. The study authors examined the association between dietary salt intake and the prevalence of any open-angle glaucoma (OAG), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in the overall study population and in the subset of patients undergoing