We read with interest the article by Bai et al., titled Risk of new-onset glaucoma in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A nationwide, population-based cohort study. 1 The study investigated the association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the risk of newonset glaucoma, with a focus on male patients. Although the study design is commendable, we have some concerns regarding the findings.Our major concern pertains to the potential confounding effect of baseline covariates in Table 1 and the multivariate models. As the study
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