Study also found demographic disparities, with higher risk profiles among women and Asian and Native American individuals, while Black patients may be underrepresented in prevalence data.
Physical and interpersonal environments, access to healthcare and education, economic stability and other domains all can tip the scales toward or against symptom manifestation, study says.
The society will again convene a global panel of experts to comprehensively review a massive trove of new research and further update our understanding of dry eye.