ArticleOphthalmology2016
Risk Factors for Cataracts Treated Surgically in Postmenopausal Women.
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- Association between obesity and age-related cataract: an updated systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Obesity and risk of age-related eye diseases: a systematic review of prospective population-based studies.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Pooled it
- Global, regional, national differences and gender disparity in the burden of cataract: current trends and future projections.Eye (London, England) · 2026Article
- Low-dose radiation exposure and risk of self-reported cataract in Fukushima nuclear emergency workers.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Association of age at diagnosis of diabetes with subsequent risk of age-related ocular diseases and vision acuity.World journal of diabetes · 2024Article
- Association of Behavioral and Clinical Risk Factors With Cataract: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- Potential of GJA8 gene variants in predicting age-related cataract: A comparison of supervised machine learning methods.PloS one · 2023Article
- Predicting the 10-year risk of cataract surgery using machine learning techniques on questionnaire data: findings from the 45 and Up Study.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Application of Andersen-Newman model to assess cataract surgery uptake among older Australian women: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH).Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Associations Among Outdoor Time, Skin Tanning, and the Risk of Surgically Treated Cataract for Australians 45 to 65 Years of Age.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Article
- Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Cataract in a Large Taiwanese Population Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Adiposity by Differing Measures and the Risk of Cataract in the UK Biobank: The Importance of Diabetes.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021Article
- Low- and moderate-dose non-cancer effects of ionizing radiation in directly exposed individuals, especially circulatory and ocular diseases: a review of the epidemiology.International journal of radiation biology · 2021Review
- Analysis of Cataract in Relationship to Occupational Radiation Dose Accounting for Dosimetric Uncertainties in a Cohort of U.S. Radiologic Technologists.Radiation research · 2020Article
- Interaction between postmenopausal hormone therapy and diabetes on cataract.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- Hospital admissions from care homes in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis using linked administrative data.International journal of population data science · 2020Article
- Occupational radiation exposure and risk of cataract incidence in a cohort of US radiologic technologists.European journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo identify risk factors for cataracts treated surgically in postmenopausal women.
designPopulation-based, prospective cohort study.
participantsA total of 1 312 051 postmenopausal women in the UK Million Women Study, aged 56 years on average (standard deviation [SD], 4.8), without previous cataract surgery, hospital admission with cataracts, or cancer at baseline, were followed for cataracts treated surgically.
methodsCox regression was used to calculate adjusted relative risks (RRs) for cataract surgery by lifestyle factors, treatment for diabetes, reproductive history, and use of hormonal therapies.
main outcome measuresCataract surgery identified by linkage to central National Health Service (NHS) records for inpatient and day-patient admissions (Hospital Episode Statistics for England and Scottish Morbidity Records in Scotland).
resultsOverall, 89 343 women underwent cataract surgery during an average of 11 (SD, 3) years of follow-up. Women with diabetes were at greatest risk (diabetes vs. no diabetes RR, 2.90; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.82-2.97). Other factors associated with an increased risk of cataract surgery were current smoking (current smokers of ≥15 cigarettes/day vs. never smokers RR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.23-1.30) and obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30 vs. <25 kg/m(2); RR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.10-1.14).
conclusionsDiabetes, smoking, and obesity were risk factors for cataract surgery. Alcohol use, physical activity, reproductive history, and use of hormonal therapies had little, if any, association with cataract surgery risk.
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