Senile lens and senile macular changes in a population-based sample.
Eye examinations performed on the survivors of the Framingham Heart Study Cohort showed a prevalence of senile lens changes ranging from 42% at ages 52 to 64 years to 91% at ages 75 to 85 years. The prevalence of senile macular changes increased from 35% at 52 to 64 years to 50% at 75 to 85 years. Persons affected with either condition usually had bilateral involvement. No association between the two conditions was shown.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors