Purpose: Senile cataract contributes to 75% of blindness in India and there is a growing
backlog of cataract cases needing surgery. The present study seeks clues to the etiology of …

Purpose: To find out prevalence of senile cataract in tea garden community and its
associationwith risk factors. Methods: A cross sectional study, community based study was …

A case-control study (244 cases and 264 controls) was done during 1986-89 on a hospital
based population to evaluate the risk factors associated with the etiology of senile cataract …

Three districts in the Punjab plains were surveyed in 1976-7 for senile cataract and potential
risk factors. The prevalence of senile cataract was 15.3% among 1269 persons examined …

Discussion In the present study the incidence of cataract has been found to be 9.8%
irrespective of age and sex as compared to 13.5% in a survey by ICMR and 7.2%[1](in …

Cataract is the opacification of the crystalline lens and or its capsule. Senile cataract is the
cataract occurring commonly in the elderly who are above 50 years of age. It is one of the …

Aim: To determine risk factors for lens opacities and age related cataract in an older rural
population of southern India. Methods: A cross sectional population based study of 5150 …

The present study was designed as a hospital-based, group-matched, case-control
investigation into the risk factors associated with age-related cataract in central India. The …

Reports in the literature and information collected from eye hospitals about the incidence of
cataract operations suggest that senile cataract is particularly frequent and develops early in …

Background: Cataract is the most common cause of reversible blindness worldwide, which
has been associated with various causative risk factors. Hence, we aim to study the factors …