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J Korean Med Sci. 2011 May;26(5):675-678.
Published online 2011 April 21.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2011.26.5.675
© 2011 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.
Association of Alcohol Consumption with the Risk of Ocular Trauma
Sang Beom Han, Hee Kyung Yang, Se Joon Woo, Joon Young Hyon and Jeong-Min Hwang
Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.

Address for Correspondence: Jeong-Min Hwang, MD. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 463-707, Korea. Tel: +82.31-787-7372, Fax: +82.31-787-4057, Email: hjm@snu.ac.kr
Received December 26, 2010; Accepted March 07, 2011.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the risk of ocular trauma. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,024 patients who visited emergency department and received ophthalmologic examination from January 1 to December 31, 2009. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those with ocular trauma (n = 494) and those without (n = 530); the influence of alcohol consumption was compared between these 2 groups. In the ocular trauma group, the association of the causes and types of ocular trauma with alcohol consumption was evaluated. One of 530 patients of no trauma group and 117 (23.7%) of 494 patients of trauma group were related with alcohol intake, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Concerning the causes, physical assault was significantly more common in alcohol-associated injury (P < 0.001). Regarding the types of injury, orbital wall fracture and hyphema showed a significant association with alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). Older age and nighttime injury were significantly related to the increased risk of alcohol-associated ocular trauma (P = 0.018 and < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of ocular trauma.

Keywords: Alcohols, Alcohol-associated Ocular Trauma, Assault, Ocular Trauma, Eye Injuries.
AUTHOR SUMMARY

Association of Alcohol Consumption with the Risk of Ocular Trauma

Sang Beom Han, Hee Kyung Yang, Se Joon Woo, Joon Young Hyon, and Jeong-Min Hwang

We evaluated the influence of alcohol consumption on ocular trauma in Korea. The retrospective study of 1,024 patients (494 patients with ocular trauma and 530 patients without) showed remarkable difference. One of no trauma group and 117 (23.7%) of trauma group were related with alcohol consumption. As a cause of ocular trauma, physical assault was significantly more common in alcohol-associated injury (P < 0.001). Regarding the types of injury, orbital wall fracture and hyphema showed a significant association with alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). Older age and night time injury were significantly related to the increased risk of alcohol-associated ocular trauma (P = 0.018 and < 0.001, respectively).

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