“The associations between glaucoma and cognitive function remain weak and unlikely to be clinically significant”
Previous studies have looked for this link between glaucoma and cognitive function, but they haven’t come up with significant results either. This vast study confirms the absence of significance of a possible associative tendency.
The study survey of 7,073 participants aged 51, tested for cognitive skills over the phone every 2 years, finds those who developed glaucoma tend to have higher cognitive function scores, but rates of decline in cognitive scores faster over a maximum follow-up period of 18 years. “ The observed associations between glaucoma and cognitive function are unlikely to be clinically significant,” conclude the authors
The associated vision loss perhaps? However, whether glaucoma-related vision loss is a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia remains to be determined., concludes lead author Dr. Joshua R. Ehrlich of the University of Michigan. The question is asked.