title: Odds ratios for different types of age-related cataract: ethnicity and environment.
abstract: Ethnic and environmental influences on cataract type are examined using patient data collected from an Australian region. Three ethnic groups are identified: native Australian Caucasians, southern and other Europeans. The Australians are further subdivided into 2 age groups. Apart from effects due to age, the following differences were found: the younger Australian group shows a greater relative risk for cortical cataracts; there is a gender-based difference among the southern European ethnic group; the Australian total has a lower relative risk for cortical cataracts than southern Europeans and a lower relative risk for cortical and mixed cataract than the European group. A comparison made with data published earlier for comparable groups in Britain shows that all Australian groups have a lower relative risk for nuclear but a higher one for cortical cataract and its combinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Pierscionek
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weale
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002386:Cataract / Q000145:classification / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People