A simplified method for grading the presence and severity of different cataract types is
needed for field use in assessment of the magnitude of the cataract problem. A cataract …

Purpose To compare two methods of cataract grading for nuclear cataract, cortical cataract
and posterior subcapsular cataract. Methods The Melton Eye Study is an English community …

The objective assessment of cataract is central to any epidemiological or therapeutic study
of cataract. The objective methods consist of: 1: A resolution target projection …

Purpose: The authors determined the age and gender-specific prevalence of nuclear,
cortical, and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) in a representative sample of older …

Presence and severity of age-related cataract was determined in adults 43 to 84 years of
age in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Duplicate photograph gradings for nuclear sclerosis (n …

PURPOSE: To describe the prevalence and risk factors for cataract in an Australian
population aged 40 years and older. METHODS: Participants were recruited by a household …

purpose. To describe the prevalence of different types of cataract and their association with
visual acuity in a Tanzanian population aged 40 years and older. methods. A prevalence …

Cataract grading schemes have provided ophthalmologists with a way to communicate
clinical findings and to compare new developments in diagnostic technologies. As …

PURPOSE: To describe the system for grading cataracts from photographs in the Age-
Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). METHODS: The system for grading cataracts in …

The purpose of this study was to determine racial differences in the prevalence of different
types of lens opacities and cataract surgery. Between 1993 and 1995, the Salisbury Eye …