A note on a possible relation between refraction and a disposition for senile nuclear cataract.
A study was made of records of patients who have had at least 1 senile cataract removed and for whom refraction records were available. The risk of a cataract occurring was determined as a function of precataractous refraction. Emmetropia was found to provide a sharp borderline between the low risk (about 1:1000) of hypermetropes and an increasing risk (about 1:100) for moderate myopes for patients in their early 60s.
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000150:complications; D012306:Risk