ArticleMolecular vision2018
Human lens weights with increasing age.
Article in Molecular vision, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Safety and Efficacy of a New Endocapsular Device Used in Age-Related Cataract Surgery: Twelve-Month Follow-Up.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Trial
- Global challenges for lens and cataract research.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- The effect of fibre cell remodelling on the power and optical quality of the lens.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Relationship of the cornea and globe dimensions to the changes in adult human crystalline lens diameter, thickness and power with age.Experimental eye research · 2021Article
- Age-Dependence of the Peripheral Defocus of the Isolated Human Crystalline Lens.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021Article
- Morphometric analysis of in vitro human crystalline lenses using digital shadow photogrammetry.Experimental eye research · 2021Article
- Three-dimensional data capture and analysis of intact eye lenses evidences emmetropia-associated changes in epithelial cell organization.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Age-Related Changes to the Three-Dimensional Full Shape of the Isolated Human Crystalline Lens.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the changes with age in human lens wet and dry weights. Methods: All procedures were performed by the same person in the same environment. Lenses were extracted from donor eyes within a median post-mortem time of 22 h, blotted dry and weighed within 30 min, immediately placed in fixative for 1 week, and then dried at 80 °C until a constant weight was achieved. Results: Wet and dry lens weights were obtained from 549 human lenses. Before age 2 years, most of the weight increases are due to a self-limiting process and can be described with logistic equations. The maximum asymptotic wet and dry weights for male lenses are 6.0 and 1.77 mg, respectively, heavier than those for female lenses. After age 3 years, male and female lens weights increase at the same linear rate. Conclusions: The data support the biphasic growth model for human lenses. Male lenses are significantly larger than female lenses at the conclusion of the prenatal growth mode, but the rate of weight accrual is constant thereafter. Lens weights increase continuously throughout life and can be described with equations that incorporate terms for prenatal and postnatal growth.
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