ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2019
Dairy products intake and the risk of incident cataracts surgery in an elderly Mediterranean population: results from the PREDIMED study.
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- Influence of Diet, Dietary Products and Vitamins on Age-Related Cataract Incidence: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Cheese consumption and multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review and updated meta-analysis of prospective studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
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- Modifiable Dietary Habits, Inflammatory Mediation, and Senile Cataract: Unraveling Causality via Mendelian Randomization.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- [From ozone depletion to the lens: effects of climate change on cataract progression].Die Ophthalmologie · 2025Review
- Searching for the Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Neuroprotective Potential of Natural Food and Nutritional Supplements for Ocular Health in the Mediterranean Population.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Is Dietary Milk Intake Associated with Cataract Extraction History in Older Adults? An Analysis from the US Population.Journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
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Abstract
proposalThe aim of this study was to examine the association between the consumption of total and specific types of dairy products and the risk of incident cataracts in an elderly Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk.
methodsWe prospectively analyzed 5860 subjects from the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) Study. The time to cataract surgery was calculated as the time between recruitment and the date of the surgery, last visit of the follow-up, date of death, or until the end of the study. Dairy products intake was assessed using validated food frequency questionnaires. We used Cox proportional hazard regression to assess the risk of cataract surgery according to average dietary energy-adjusted total dairy products, milk, yogurt and cheese consumption.
resultsWe documented a total of 768 new cataract events after a median of 5.6 years of follow-up. Subjects in the second [hazard ratio (HR) 0.62; 95% CI 0.52, 0.74] and third tertile (HR: 0.71; 95% CI 0.60, 0.85) of skimmed yogurt intake had a significantly lower risk of cataracts after adjusting for potential confounders. No significant associations were observed for total dairy products, whole and skimmed milk, whole yogurt and cheese consumption.
conclusionThe intake of skimmed yogurt was associated with a reduced risk of cataracts in an elderly Mediterranean population with high cardiovascular risk. No significant associations were observed for other type of dairy product. CLINICAL
trial registrationInternational Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): 35739639. Registration date: 5 October 2005.
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