ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015
Association between vegetables consumption and the risk of age-related cataract: a meta-analysis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Influence of Diet, Dietary Products and Vitamins on Age-Related Cataract Incidence: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- A Narrative Review of Candidate Biomarkers of Total Fruit and Vegetable Intake.Nutrition bulletin · 2026Review
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- [From ozone depletion to the lens: effects of climate change on cataract progression].Die Ophthalmologie · 2025Review
- Dietary-related characteristics and cataract risk: evidence from a mendelian randomization study.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Vegetables, fruits, and berries - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cataract: insights from the UK Biobank study.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Association between Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Age-Related Cataract in American Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of NHANES 2005-2008.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Evidence on cataract in low- and middle-income countries: an updated review of reviews using the evidence gap maps approach.International health · 2022Review
- Intake of Vegetables and Fruits and the Risk of Cataract Incidence in a Japanese Population: The Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries.International journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuantification of the association between the consumption of vegetables and risk of age-related cataract is still conflicting. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to summarize the evidence from epidemiological studies of vegetables consumption with the risk of age-related cataract.
methodsPertinent studies were identified by searching of PubMed and Web of Science. The random effect model was used to combine the results. Meta-regression and subgroups analyses were used to explore potential sources of between-study heterogeneity. Publication bias was estimated using Egger's regression asymmetry test.
resultsFinally, 9 articles involving 6,464 cataract cases and 112,447 participants were included in this meta-analysis. Pooled results suggested that highest vegetables consumption level compared with lowest level was inverse with the risk of age-related cataract [summary relative risk (RR) = 0.723, 95% CI = 0.594-0.879, I(2) = 72.8%]. The associations were also significant in America [summary RR = 0.872, 95% CI = 0.791-0.960] and Europe [summary RR = 0.507, 95% CI = 0.416-0.619], but not in the other population. No publication bias was found.
conclusionsHigher vegetables consumption might be inversely associated with risk of cataract.
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