title: Lack of relationship between lactose absorption and senile cataracts.
abstract: In a double-blind study using the hydrogen breath-excretion test to identify lactase status, we found 45% of absorbers in a group of 64 patients with senile cataracts compared with 71% of absorbers in the control group. These results oppose the hypothesis that lactose absorbers are especially prone to develop senile cataracts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan, México.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cervantes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Briceño
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alva
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007785:Lactose