Cataracts among Adults Aged 30 to 49 Years: A 10-Year Study from 1995 to 2004 in Korea

• 발행기관: 대한안과학회
• 저자명: Hyun Kyung Cho Kyung Sun Na Eun Jung Jun Sung Kun Chung
• 간행물 정보: 『The Korean Journal of Ophthalmology』Vol.27 No.5, 345~350쪽, 전체 6쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.10.30

영문 초록

Purpose: To investigate the long-term characteristics of cataracts among adults aged 30 to 49 years in Korean over a span of 10 years. Methods: Subjects between the ages of 30 to 49 years who underwent cataract surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital from 1995 to 2004 (n = 976) were included. Patients with a history of ocular trauma, uveitis, other ocular or systemic diseases, and congenital cataracts were excluded. Additional information including type of lens opacity, urban/rural region, and pre- and postoperative visual acuities were analyzed. Lens opacity grading was conducted using Lens Opacity Classification System III. The Cochran-Armitage proportion trend test was used to analyze vision changes with the passage of time. Results: Among the patients who had undergone cataract surgeries, 8.8% (976 / 11,111) met the inclusion criteria. The mean age was 41.7 ± 5.45 years. Gender breakdown of the patient population included 79.0% male and 21.0% female. In terms of home environment, 60.9% were from an urban region and 39.1% from a rural region. Opacity type included anterior polar (AP), posterior subcapsular (PSC), AP and PSC, cortical, and nuclear in 35.7%, 35.1%, 7.0%, 6.0%, and 5.4% of patients, respectively. At a 2-month postoperative follow-up appointment, 92.7% of patients showed a best-corrected visual acuity of more than 20 / 40. Conclusions: Predominance of AP and PSC opacities as well as male patients was observed in this study population.

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Anterior polar opacity Epidemiology Korea Posterior subcapsular opacity