Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study participants.
Inclusion | Exclusion |
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Caucasian individuals aged older than 20. | Caucasian individuals over 70 years of age Non-Caucasian individuals. |
Accurate diagnosis of recurrent NIAU (quiescent stage) for the corresponding uveitis group (UG). | Any other ocular disease than recurrent anterior non-inflammatory uveitis. Patients receiving local treatment that may interfere with the study (including topic nutraceutics). Eye laser/surgery in the previous 12 months. |
Healthy individuals for the control group of participants (CG). | Patients experiencing any systemic disease, receiving local or systemic treatment that may interfere with the study (including oral nutraceutics). Surgery in the previous 12 months. |
Individuals without disorders of substance use. | Smoking and/or drinking habits. Drug addiction. |
Precise and complete data of the medical history. Those who could participate in the study and were able to do so. | History including diagnoses that do not fit with the study purpose. Unfeasibility of having a thorough and complete clinical history. Unable to participate. |
NIAU: non-infectious anterior uveitis; UG: uveitis group; CG: control group.