Table 1 of
Maraini, Mol Vis 2003;
9:397-400.Table 1 of
Maraini, Mol Vis 2003;
9:397-400.
Table 1. Distribution of participants by lens status, age, and other factors
Some individuals with mixed cataract types are counted in more than one category. The condition titled "Hypertension" indicates anti-hypertensive therapy or systolic >170 and/or diastolic >95.
Nuclear Cortical PSC Controls
opacities opacities opacities (clear lenses)
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Total number of 106 88 26 115
lenses
Pure cataracts 79 66 7
Mixed cataracts 27 22 19
Mean severity score 5.6 (0.6) 43.3 (20.3) 32.0 (19.9)
(pure type SD)
Median age (range) 72 (50-80) 71 (59-79) 68 (61-77) 69 (59-78)
Female 46.2% 52.3% 44.0% 40.0%
Hypertension 22 (20.7%) 22 (25.0%) 11 (42.3%) 17 (14.8%)
Diabetes 7 (6.6%) 10 (11.4%) 7 (26.9%) 6 (5.2%)
Smoking (ever) 58 (54.7%) 32 (36.4%) 9 (34.6%) 60 (52.2%)
Myopia >10 D 1 (0.9%) 0 (0%) 1 (3.8%) 0 (0%)
IOP >21 1 (0.9%) 2 (2.2%) 2 (7.6%) 0 (0%)
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