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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Prevalence of Self-Reported Diagnosed Cataract and Associated Risk Factors among Elderly South Africans.

Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Karl Peltzer, Amelia Crampin, Edmund Ahame, Zinhle Sokhela

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Physical activity and risk of age-related cataract.International journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nancy Phaswana-MafuyaOffice of the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation, North West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa. refilwe.phaswanamafuya@nwu.ac.za.
Karl PeltzerHIV/AIDS/STI/TB Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. karl.pel@mahidol.ac.th.
Amelia CrampinLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Mia.Crampin@lshtm.ac.uk.
Edmund AhameHIV/AIDS/STI/TB Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. eahame@hsrc.ac.za.
Zinhle SokhelaHIV/AIDS/STI/TB Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. zsokhela@hsrc.ac.za.
Human Sciences Research Council · ZANelson Mandela University · ZANorth-West University · ZAUniversity of London · GB

Funding

Towards improving the measurement of health and disability trends, the compressioR01AG034479 · NIA · WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION · PI CHATTERJI, SOMNATH · 2010 to 2014
$5.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper estimates the prevalence of self-reported cataract and associated risk factors among individuals aged ≥50 years in South Africa. Data from a nationally-representative cross-sectional Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) (

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AgedCataractCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionDiabetes MellitusFemaleHumansHypertensionLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedObesityPrevalenceQuality of LifeRisk FactorsRural Populationage-related cataractsblindnessinequalitieslower middle income countriesrisk factorsSAGESouth AfricaSub-Saharan Africa

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PMID29211038
PMCPMC5750941
OpenAlexW2772219069

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