title: Senile cataract and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Indians.
abstract: Erythrocytic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) was tested in 163 cases of senile cataract and 79 age- and sex-matched controls. There was no statistically significant difference between the overall incidence of G-6-PD deficiency in cataract in comparison to controls. However, amongst the cataract patients the frequency of G-6-PD deficiency was significantly higher in the age group 40 to 50 years (12.1%) as compared to those aged 51 years or more.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dubey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged