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The influence of age on characteristics of cataract patients
Author(s) -
Drolsum Liv,
Haaskjold Erling
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb07190.x
Subject(s) - medicine , maculopathy , pseudoexfoliation , mydriasis , ophthalmology , visual acuity , glaucoma , pseudoexfoliation syndrome , cataracts , macular degeneration , diabetes mellitus , cataract surgery , age related maculopathy , eye disease , retinopathy , endocrinology
The influence of age on 12 pre‐, 1 intra‐, and 2 postoperative patients' characteristics was investigated in 1261 consecutively performed extracapsular cataract extractions. The following characteristics were shown to be significantly associated with increasing age; cardiovascular disease (p < 0.0005), female gender (p < 0.0005), nuclear sclerosis (p < 0.0005), maculopathy (p < 0.0005), corneal guttatae (p = 0.008) and reducing visual acuity in the fellow eye (p < 0.0005). Further, inadequate mydriasis at start of surgery was significantly associated with increasing age even after adjusting for glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation (p = 0.0007). After adjusting for pseudoexfoliation, a statistically significant relationship still existed between age and glaucoma (p = 0.0235). Even after controlling for relevant variables, i.e. maculopathy, a highly significant association was found between reducing visual acuity 4 months postoperatively and increasing age (p < 0.00005). Diabetes mellitus, the degree of cataract maturity, preoperative visual acuity of the operating eye, vitreous loss and postoperative inflammatory response were not significantly associated with increasing age.