Outdoor artificial light at night

Intervention1 paper2 findings

Humans1

Outcomes

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Glaucoma

no changein humans1Low certainty

1 study

Outdoor artificial light at night has no effect on glaucoma in humans.
Humanseyen = 16,352
Non-linear association between outdoor artificial light at night and visual impairment: a two-stage study integrating national CHARLS data and institutional clinical records · Research Square · 4 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Associations

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Macular diseases

upin humans1OR 2.47Low certainty

1 study

Outdoor artificial light at night raises the risk of macular diseases in humans (OR, 2.47; 95% CI, 1.63–3.76).
Humanshigh OALAN exposureretinan = 16,352
Non-linear association between outdoor artificial light at night and visual impairment: a two-stage study integrating national CHARLS data and institutional clinical records · Research Square · 4 Sep 2026 · Preprint

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Research SquareHumansPreprint5 Sep

Non-linear association between outdoor artificial light at night and visual impairment: a two-stage study integrating national CHARLS data and institutional clinical records