No Evidence That Vitamin D Levels or Deficiency Are Associated with the Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Individuals of European Ancestry: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis.

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BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, with intraocular pressure as the only known modifiable risk factor. Vitamin D has been proposed to influence intraocular pressure and decrease retinal ganglion cell degeneration. Based on these findings, vitamin D has been suggested to prevent or reduce the severity of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), which is the most common form....

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