Cataract

D Lam, SK Rao, V Ratra, Y Liu, P Mitchell… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Cataract is the leading cause of reversible blindness and visual impairment globally.
Blindness from cataract is more common in populations with low socioeconomic status and …

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in China from 1990 to 2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

T Xu, B Wang, H Liu, H Wang, P Yin, W Dong… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Vision loss is an important public health issue in China, but a detailed
understanding of national and regional trends in its prevalence and causes, which could …

Real-world visual outcomes of cataract surgery based on population-based studies: a systematic review

X Han, J Zhang, Z Liu, X Tan, G Jin, M He… - British Journal of …, 2023 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims Quantity of cataract surgery has long been an important public health
indicator to assess health accessibility, however the quality of care has been less …

[HTML][HTML] Number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract worldwide and in world regions, 1990 to 2010

M Khairallah, R Kahloun, R Bourne… - … & visual science, 2015 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To estimate prevalence and number of people visually impaired or blind due to
cataract. Methods: Based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 and ongoing …

Diosgenin from Dioscorea bulbifera: Novel Hit for Treatment of Type II Diabetes Mellitus with Inhibitory Activity against α-Amylase and α-Glucosidase

S Ghosh, P More, A Derle, AB Patil, P Markad, A Asok… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial metabolic disease characterized by post-prandial
hyperglycemia (PPHG). α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors aim to explore novel …

Estimates of visual impairment and its causes from the National Eye Survey in Malaysia (NESII)

FLM Chew, MA Salowi, Z Mustari, MA Husni… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Population-based data on prevalence, causes of blindness and extent of
ophthalmological coverage is required for efficient implementation and evaluation of ocular …

Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in a Chinese adult population: the Taizhou Eye Study

Y Tang, X Wang, J Wang, W Huang, Y Gao, Y Luo… - Ophthalmology, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To study the current prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in an adult
Chinese population. Design Population-based, cross-sectional study. Participants We used …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of age-related cataract and cataract surgery in a Chinese adult population: the Taizhou eye study

Y Tang, X Wang, J Wang, W Huang, Y Gao… - … & visual science, 2016 - arvojournals.org
Purpose: To study the prevalence of age-related cataract (ARC), cataract surgery, and visual
outcomes in a Chinese adult population in Taizhou, China. Methods: A population-based …

Prevalence of vision impairment in older adults in rural China in 2014 and comparisons with the 2006 China nine-province survey

J Zhao, X Xu, LB Ellwein, N Cai, H Guan, M He… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To estimate the prevalence of vision impairment and blindness in 2014 among
older adults in rural China with comparisons with the 2006 Nine-Province Survey. Design …

Blindness and visual impairment situation in Indonesia based on rapid assessment of avoidable blindness surveys in 15 provinces

L Rif'Ati, A Halim, YD Lestari, NF Moeloek… - Ophthalmic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To report the latest data on blindness and visual impairment (VI) in Indonesia.
Methods: Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) surveys were done in 15 …