Dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea and risk of age-related cataract

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 rel...

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Published in:	Journal of the Indian Medical Association Vol. 97; no. 1; p. 13
Main Authors:	Zodpey, S P, Ughade, S N, Khanolkar, V A, Shrikhande, S N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India 01-01-1999
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Case-Control Studies Cataract - etiology Dehydration - complications Developing Countries Diarrhea - complications Female Humans Male Middle Aged Risk Factors
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	0019-5847