| First author (publication year) | Country | Study design | Database of data collection from or study follow-up period | Participants (case/control) | Age | Exposure assessment | Outcomes | Adjusted factors |
| M. Cristina Leske (1995) | USA | Cross-sectional | Data collection in 1995, the Barbados Eye Study | 302/3821 | 40–84 | BMI (high, medium, low) | OAG | 1–3, 10 | Gavin S. Tan (2009) | Singapore | Cross-sectional | Data collection in 2009, the Singapore Malay Eye Study | 102/3146 | 40–80 | BMI (>25) | OAG | 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11 | Louis R. Pasquale (2009) | USA | Cohort study | Follow-up period from 1980 to 2004 for women; follow-up period from 1986 to 2004 for men; followed every 2 years, NHS and HPFS | Women 642/78,135 men 338/41,014 | >40 | BMI (<22, 22-23.9, 24-25.9, 26-27.9, 28-29.9, >30) | OAG | 1, 3–6, 13 | Paula Anne Newman-Casey(2010) | USA | Cohort study | Follow-up from 2001 to 2007 | 55,090/2,127,225 | 40–87 | BMI | OAG | 1, 2, 7, 8, 10–13, 16, 17 | K. Imai (2010) | Japan | Cross-sectional | Data collection in 2009, Health Checkup Program(2004–2008) | 14,003 participants | 18–83 | WC | Elevated IOP | No | Xuejuan Jiang (2012) | USA | Cohort study | 4 years from baseline (2000–2003) to follow-up (2004–2008), LALES | 87/3685 | >40 | WHR (per 0.05 higher); BMI (<25, 25–30, >30) | OAG | 1, 9, 14, 15 | Lauren A. Wise (2012) | USA | Cohort study | Follow-up from 1995 to 2007; followed every 2 years, BWHS | 366/32,204 | 21–69 | WHR (<0.72, 0.72–0.77, 0.78–0.84, >0.85); BMI (<25, 25–29, 30–34, >35) | OAG | 1, 4–7, 11 | Hyung-Deok Jang (2014) | Korea | Cross-sectional | Data collection from KNHANES 2008–2010 database | 15,271 participants | >19 | WC (>90 for men, >85 for women); BMI(>25) | Elevated IOP | 1, 4–8 | Florent Aptel (2014) | France | Cohort study | Follow up from 2009 to 2012 | 330/9250 | >50 | BMI (>30) | OAG | 1, 2, 7, 12 | Mijin Kim (2014) | Korea | Cross-sectional | Data collection from 2010 to 2011 | 300/17,940 | >40 | WC (>90 for men, >80 for women) | OAG | 12 | Seyed Ahmad Rasoulinejad (2015) | Iran | Case-control | Data collection in 2015 | 100/100 | >18 | WC (>102 for men, >88 for women) | OAG | 12 | Hyun Tae Kim (2016) | Korea | Cross-sectional | Data collection from 2010-2011database | 5008 participants | >19 | WC (<72, 72–77, 78–84, >84 for women); BMI (<22, 22-23, 24-25, >25) | Elevated IOP | 1, 4–8 | Fatima Kyari (2016) | Nigeria | Cross-sectional | Data collection from 2005 to 2007, Nigeria National Blindness | 462/12,738 | >40 | BMI (<18.5, 18.5–24.9, 25.0–29.9, >30) | OAG | 1, 2, 7, 14, 15 | Fang Ko (2016) | USA | Cross-sectional | Data collection from NHANES (2005–2008 cycles) | 172/5574 | >40 | WC (>102 for men, >88 for women); BMI (>30) | OAG | 1, 2, 13 | Eytan Cohen (2016) | Israel | Cross-sectional | Data collection from 2000–2013 health database | 18,575 participants | 20–80 | BMI (<25, 25–29.9, 30–35, >35) | Elevated IOP | 1, 7, 8 |
|
|