Cataract and survival in an elderly nondiabetic population

J R Thompson; J M Sparrow; J M Gibson; A R Rosenthal

doi:10.1001/archopht.1993.01090050109039

Cataract and survival in an elderly nondiabetic population

J R Thompson, J M Sparrow, J M Gibson, A R Rosenthal

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Abstract

Follow-up ranging between 6 and 8 years of the survival of a cohort of 473 elderly nondiabetic subjects randomly selected from a small English town showed an age- and sex-adjusted association between nuclear cataract at the time of baseline examination and decreased survival (P = .002). Comparing those with and without nuclear cataract, the adjusted relative hazard for death was 1.52 (95% confidence interval, 1.15 to 1.99). This effect remained virtually unchanged when also adjusted for whether the subject reported ever having been a smoker.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	675-9
Number of pages	5
Journal	Archives of Ophthalmology
Volume	111
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1993.01090050109039
Publication status	Published - May 1993

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cataract
Cohort Studies
Diabetes Mellitus
England
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lens Nucleus, Crystalline
Male
Prevalence
Random Allocation
Survival Rate

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Cataract and survival in an elderly nondiabetic population

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