Association Between Thyroid Disease and Uveitis: Results From the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.

Importance: Common pathophysiological mechanisms may be responsible for immune dysregulation in both thyroid disease and uveitis. Studies investigating a possible association are limited.

Objective: To determine the association between thyroid disease and uveitis.

Assessment of the Accuracy of Using ICD-9 Codes to Identify Uveitis, Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus, Scleritis, and Episcleritis.

Importance: With the increased use of data from electronic medical records for research, it is important to validate International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes for their respective diagnoses.

Objective: To assess the accuracy of using ICD-9 codes to identify ocular inflammatory diseases.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Retrospective secondary database analysis.

Association between Smoking and Uveitis: Results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.

Purpose: To assess whether cigarette smoking is associated with the development of uveitis in a population-based setting.

Design: Retrospective, population-based, case-control study.

Participants: Patients aged ≥ 18 years who were seen at a Kaiser Permanente Hawaii clinic between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2007.

Association between statin use and uveitis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation study.

Purpose: To assess whether there is a protective association between statin use and uveitis diagnosis.

Design: Retrospective, population-based case-control study.

Methods: Medical records of all patients in the Kaiser Permanente Hawaii health plan between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007 (N = 217 061) were searched electronically for International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, diagnosis codes related to uveitis.

Association between atopy and herpetic eye disease: results from the pacific ocular inflammation study.

Importance: Immune dysregulation in patients with atopy has been hypothesized to increase susceptibility to viral infections. Herpetic eye disease (due to herpes simplex and herpes zoster) is a significant cause of visual impairment, and data on an association between this sight-threatening disease and atopy are limited.

Objective: To assess the association between atopy and herpetic eye disease, including herpes simplex virus (HSV) ocular disease and herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO).

Incidence and prevalence of uveitis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.

Importance: Uveitis is responsible for a significant proportion of legal blindness in the United States. Currently, there are few population-based reports characterizing the epidemiology of uveitis.

Objective: To ascertain the incidence and prevalence of uveitis in a Hawaiian population and compare these estimates with those from prior population-based studies.

Incidence of scleritis and episcleritis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.

Purpose: To ascertain the incidence of scleritis and episcleritis in a Hawaiian population and describe variations by age, sex, and race.

Design: Retrospective, population-based cohort study.

Methods: All electronic medical records for enrollees in Kaiser Permanente Hawaii (n = 217,061) from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007 were searched for International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (ICD-9) codes associated with ocular inflammation.

Incidence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.

Purpose: To provide a population-based estimate of the incidence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) with comparisons across racial, sex, and age groups, as well as to estimate the frequency of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).

Design: Retrospective, population-based cohort study.

Participants: All patients enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Hawaii health plan during the study period (N = 217 061).