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Researchers from the University of Navarra and CIBEROBN showed that alcohol intake was linearly and significantly associated with a greater risk of development or progression of this highly prevalent disorder.
Consumption alcohol can lead to the development or progression of myopia, according to the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Navarra and the CIBER of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN).
The article, published in 'Drug and Alcohol Dependence', is framed in the Final degree project from the student of the Faculty of Medicine of the UN Covadonga Menendez Acebal, who signs it as first author and is based on research directed by Dr. Alfredo Gea.
In a note from the UN, Menéndez Acebal explains that “myopia is a very prevalent disorder and one of the first causes of blindness. At the same time, Alcohol consumption has been shown to be a risk factor for many diseases and one of the main contributors to the global burden of disease, although no study until now had evaluated the long-term association between alcohol intake and myopia.”
"On one side, we determined the usual alcohol intake of each of the participants at baseline of the study. Subsequently, The development or progression of myopia was recorded every two years. during follow-up,” details the researcher.
After analyzing these data, the results showed that alcohol intake was linearly and significantly associated with increased risk development or progression of myopia.
In such a way, a 10 gram increase in daily alcohol intake (approximately equivalent to a glass of wine or a pint of beer) relatively increased the risk by 5%.
“The magnitude of the association we found is not very large, but due to the commonness of alcohol consumption, the importance of myopia as a health condition, and the novelty of this evaluation, we believe that These findings are relevant,” he points out.
Even so, the researcher points out that confirmation of the mechanisms through which this association can occur is still necessary, so successive research is needed to verify these findings.
