Epidemiology of Idiopathic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in Taiwan, 2001–2006: A Population-based Study

Tsai Der-Chong, Shih-Jen Chen, Chin-Chou Huang, Pesus Chou, Chia-Min Chung, Po-Hsun Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Tseng-Ji Chen, Hsin-Bang Leu and Wan-Leong Chan

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-7

Abstract: Objectives: The epidemiology of idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is not well understood in an Asian population. The present study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for corticosteroid-unrelated CSCR using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. Methods and Results: From 2001 to 2006, a total of 786 patients (500 [63.6%] males) who were newly diagnosed with CSCR, aged from 20 to 64 years and had no history of corticosteroid prescription were identified as incident cases of idiopathic CSCR. 3606 age-, gender-, and enrollment time-matched subjects were randomly selected as the control group. The mean annual incidence was 0.21‰ (0.27‰ for males, and 0.15‰ for females; P

Date: 2013
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