We review the current literature regarding the risk factors for cataract and the association
between cataract and systemic disease. Numerous epidemiologic studies have found that …

Purpose: To assess associations between diabetes and selected cardiovascular risk factors
and long-term incident cataract and cataract surgery. Methods: A cohort of initially 3654 …

The purpose of this review is to highlight the advances made by epidemiologic research into
cataract. Considerable progress has been made in characterizing phenotypes, determining …

Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Smoking, diabetes, and exposure to
UVB light consistently have been identified as risk factors for cataract development …

OBJECTIVE: The increased cataract prevalence of black populations, especially of cortical
cataract, remains unexplained. The authors evaluate the relationships of diabetes …

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 …

Results Age and heredity are the most important risk factors associated with the different
types of cataract. While the hereditary component is self-explanatory, increasing age serves …

Epidemiologic studies on risk factors for cataract have progressed significantly over the last
decade. Age-related cataract is a multifactorial disease, and different risk factors seem to …

Objective To evaluate risk factors for the development of cataract in Australian residents.
Methods A total of 3721 participants from 9 randomly selected urban districts within Victoria …

• In a hospital-based case-control study of 1441 patients with age-related cataracts and 549
controls, we studied associations between types of cataract—nuclear, cortical, posterior …