An Epidemiological Study of the Risk Factors Contributing to the Senile Cataractogenesis by the Korean Cooperative Cataract Epidemiology Study Group (KCCESG)
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 127-134, 1992.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
To evaluate the related risk factors of the senile cataract, we performed an epidemiological study in 215 cataract patients and 64 non cataract patients who visited to the Department of Ophthalmology of 6 general hospitals in Korea from August to December, 1990. The study revealed that sun-light exposure, smoking, ocular contusion and pregnancy were related to the cataract formation. And also the cataract was more common in patients with diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. And long term use of steroids and herb drugs were a risk factor for the cataractogenesis. The cataract patients preferred grains and fishes comparing with the non-cataract patiens.
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Main subject:
Ophthalmology
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Arthritis
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Smoke
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Steroids
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Cataract
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Smoking
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Epidemiologic Studies
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Edible Grain
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Epidemiology
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Risk Factors
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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