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Abstract
Current ethanol consumption and cigarette smoking were quantified by questionnaire in Edinburgh and suburbs, Scotland, UK. Stringently matched cataract-control pairs (n = 990 and 858, respectively) were included. For ethanol, 'light and infrequent' consumption and 'light and frequent' were associated with a significantly lower risk of cataract than were total abstention and 'occasional' consumption; the prevalence of cataract rose with further increases in consumption, suggesting a U-shaped curve. For nuclear cataract, white in particular, there is a significant trend with amount consumed. Smoking was not found to be a risk factor.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | cataract; risk factors; alcohol; smoking |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science |
| Depositing User: | F.D. Zabet |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2009 16:05 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2009 16:05 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18719 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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