Table 5 of Shiels, Mol Vis 2008; 14:2042-2055.


Table 5. Age, gender and lens status of the Italian case-control cohort of age-related cataracts.

Lens status Age range Mean age (±2 SD) Males (%) Females (%) Total
Any cortical cataracts 57–86 75.6 (63.7–87.5) 57 (48) 62 (52) 119
Any nuclear cataracts 50–86 75.8 (63.0–88.6) 75 (60) 51 (40) 126
Any cataracts 50–86 75.7 (63.2–88.2) 114 (54) 99 (46) 213
Clear lenses 61–86 74.5 (64.6–84.5) 61 (59) 43 (41) 104