Patients’ Cardiovascular Risk Score May Predict Development of Multiple Eye Diseases, New Study Shows

LOS ANGELES—A cardiovascular risk score, already routinely used in primary care, may predict who will develop serious eye diseases, according to a UCLA Health study published earlier this month. UCLA Health said researchers involved in the study found that people with higher cardiovascular risk scores were “significantly more likely to develop conditions including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, retinal vein occlusion and hypertensive retinopathy.” The study is published in the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s journal Ophthalmology.