ArticleActa ophthalmologica2025
Ambient air pollution exposure and incidence of cataract surgery: The prospective 3City-Alienor study.
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- Occupational exposure to metal welding and cataract: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta ophthalmologica · 2026Pooled it
- Association of Air Pollution Exposure with Incident Cataract Surgery and Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in 2 French Nationwide Cohorts.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Global burden and cross-country inequalities of age-related eye diseases from 1990 to 2021: a comprehensive analysis of temporal trends and socioeconomic disparities.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2026Article
- Ambient air pollution exposure and incidence of cataract surgery: The prospective 3City-Alienor study.Acta ophthalmologica · 2025Article
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purposeCataract, the leading cause of blindness worldwide, is a multifactorial disease involving oxidative stress mechanisms. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between air pollution exposure and the incidence of cataract surgery.
methodsThe 3C-Alienor study is a population-based cohort of residents of Bordeaux, France, aged 65 years or more, recruited in 1999-2000 and followed every 2-3 years until 2017. Cataract surgery was self-reported and checked at slit-lamp by trained professionals. Average air pollution exposure (particulate matter ≤2.5 μm (PM
resultsThe study included 829 subjects without cataract surgery prior to inclusion; the mean age at inclusion was 72.6 years (standard deviation (SD): 4.2) and 61% were women. The median (Interquartile-range (IQR)) follow-up duration was 14.1 (6.4) years during which 507 participants underwent cataract surgery. Exposure to a concentration ≥40 μg/m
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