BACKGROUND Cataract is among the major causes of vision impairment and blindness worldwide. Epidemiological studies support the role of antioxidants in the etiology of cataract, but the evidence for one specific antioxidant over another is inconsistent. Few studies have examined the association of cataract with fruit and vegetable intake with inconclusive results. In the present study, the rela...

AIMS To provide an overview of cataract data in Suriname and to describe and evaluate a programme to control cataract blindness in a developing country. DESIGN Evaluation of hospital data and findings from a population-based cross-sectional survey. METHODS The implementation of a new cataract surgical intervention programme was described and retrospectively evaluated by analysing the number...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and impact of undiagnosed visually significant cataract in an Asian population. METHODS The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases is a population-based study where 8,697 adults of Malay, Indian, and Chinese ethnicities aged > 40 years were invited for an eye examination, including lens photograph, to establish cataract diagnosis. Visually ...

BACKGROUND Nutritional factors play an important role in cataract disease and the healthy eating index (HEI) is a unique approach to study the relationships between diet and diseases. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to evaluate and compare healthy eating index among the patients with cataract and healthy individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS This case-control study was conducted on 97 patien...

AIM To describe the distribution of cataract subtypes present before surgery among a defined population of older, bilaterally pseudophakic individuals. METHODS This was a cohort study of bilaterally pseudophakic individuals participating in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation (SEE), and their locally resident siblings. Subjects underwent slit lamp and retroillumination photography and grading using ...

AIM: To evaluate the trends and changes in number rates of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) prevalence cataract China between 1990 2019, to predict burden from 2020 2030. METHODS: The Global Burden Diseases (GBD) database was employed collect data on DALYs China, which distinguished by age sex during past three decades then 2030 were predicted. All analyzed R program (version 4.2.2) Graph...

purpose: to assess the results of combined penetrating keratoplasty and cataract extraction by extracapsular extraction versus phacoemulsification and to compare outcomes and complications. methods: in this interventional retrospective study, 76 eyes that had undergone triple surgery were included. cataract surgery was done in two different methods of extracapsular extraction and phacoemulsific...

Timolol is a non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist administered for treating glaucoma, heart attacks and hypertension. In the present study, we set out to determine whether or not timolol can provoke cataract formation, thus the influence of timolol on the amyloid-type aggregation of crystallin was investigated. We then provided experimental evidence of crystallin aggregation and it...

PURPOSE To quantify the association between siblings in age-related nuclear cataract, after adjusting for known environmental and personal risk factors. METHODS All participants (probands) in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation (SEE) project and their locally resident siblings underwent digital slit lamp photography and were administered a questionnaire to assess risk factors for cataract including:...