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No evidence for an association of plasma homocysteine levels and refractive error - Results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS).

Nickels S, Blom HJ, Schulz A, Joachimsen L, Münzel T, Wild PS, Beutel ME, Blettner M, Lackner KJ, Pfeiffer N, Lagrèze WA

PloS one, 2020

Abstract

There is a strong association between severe hyperhomocysteinemia and myopia. Thus we studied the hypothesis that even moderately increased levels of homocysteine (Hcy) might be a potentially treatable risk factor for myopia.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231011