A study investigating nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy in the U.S. found notable prevalence in white men and Black men and women and frequent association with diabetes and high cholesterol levels.
The study, presented in a poster at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting by Sari Yordi, MD, and co-authors, investigated the prevalence of nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in the United States between 2015 and 2021 using TriNetX, a cross-sectional database with more than 85 million deidentified patient encounters. A total of 20,821 patients (43 per 100,000) with