Dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea and risk of age-related cataract.
J Indian Med Assoc
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1999 Jan; 97(1): 13-5, 24
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-100636
ABSTRACT
A group matched hospital based case-control study of 463 cases and equal number of controls was carried out at Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur to evaluate role of severe dehydrational crisis in age-related cataract development. The overall relative risk of age related cataract in relation to dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea was estimated to be 3.10 (2.28-4.20). The overall estimates of attributable risk per cent and population attributable risk per cent were calculated to be 0.67 (0.56-0.76) and 0.26 (0.18-0.35) respectively. In conclusion this study identified significant role of dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea in cataractogenesis.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Cataract
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Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Case-Control Studies
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Risk Factors
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Adult
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Dehydration
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged80
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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