Social Factors Associated with the Risk of Glaucoma Suspect Conversion to Glaucoma: Analysis of the Nationwide All of Us Program

Jo-Hsuan Wu¹, Willam Halfpenny², Jennifer Bu², Manreet Brar², Robert N Weinreb³, Sally L Baxter⁴

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¹ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
³ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: s1baxter@health.ucsd.edu.

PMID: 38959998
PMCID: PMC11585445 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogla.2024.06.007

Social Factors Associated with the Risk of Glaucoma Suspect Conversion to Glaucoma: Analysis of the Nationwide All of Us Program

Jo-Hsuan Wu et al. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2024 Nov-Dec.

. 2024 Nov-Dec;7(6):551-562.

doi: 10.1016/j.ogla.2024.06.007. Epub 2024 Jul 1.

Authors

Jo-Hsuan Wu¹, Willam Halfpenny², Jennifer Bu², Manreet Brar², Robert N Weinreb³, Sally L Baxter⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
³ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: s1baxter@health.ucsd.edu.

PMID: 38959998
PMCID: PMC11585445 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogla.2024.06.007

Abstract

Purpose: To examine social factors associated with the 5-year risk of glaucoma suspects (GS) converting to open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

Design: Retrospective cohort analysis.

Subjects: We screened for participants diagnosed with GS in the All of Us database. Cases that converted to OAG within 5 years of GS diagnosis (the "conversion group") were compared with control cases that did not convert.

Methods: Demographic, socioeconomic and health-care utilization data of the cases were extracted and compared between the conversion group and the control group. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to identify potential factors associated with the risk of conversion.

Main outcome measures: Hazard ratios (HRs) of significant factors associated with the risk of conversion.

Results: A total of 5274 GS participants were identified, and 786 (15%) cases converted to OAG within 5-year follow-up. The 2 groups showed significant differences in age, race, gender, employment status, income/education level, history of intraocular surgery, and health-care utilization patterns. In the multivariable model, African American/Black race (HR : 1.70 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.44-2.00]), older age at GS diagnosis (1.17 [95% CI, 1.09-1.25]), male gender (1.30 [95% CI, 1.13-1.50], no history of recreational drug use (1.23 [1.07-1.42]), history of intraocular surgery (1.60 [95% CI, 1.02-1.53]), and having more reasons for delayed health-care access (2.27 [95% CI, 1.23-4.18]) were associated with a greater hazard of conversion, while being employed (0.71 [95% CI, 0.60-0.86]) was associated with a smaller hazard of conversion (P < 0.05 for all).

Conclusions: Several social factors were associated with the conversion from GS to OAG, which may help to identify patients at higher risk of disease progression. Future studies are needed to examine the basis for these findings and the potential interventions that could address them.

Financial disclosures: Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.

Keywords: All of Us program; Glaucoma suspect; Health-care access and utilization; Social determinants of health; Socioeconomic factors.

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