From the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Investigators used a national population-based dataset to evaluate the relationship between central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) and coronary heart disease. They determined that the five-year cumulative incidence for patients with CSCR was nearly twice that of the non-CSCR cohort (6.12% vs 3.29%, p=0.004). After adjusting for diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, Cox regression analysis showed CSCR is a potential independent risk factor for heart disease (p=0.009, HRR 1.61). Male patients under age 40 had the highest risk. British Journal of Ophthalmology, January 2014