title: Dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea and risk of age-related cataract.
abstract: A group matched hospital based case-control study of 463 cases and equal number of controls was carried out at Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur to evaluate role of severe dehydrational crisis in age-related cataract development. The overall relative risk of age related cataract in relation to dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea was estimated to be 3.10 (2.28-4.20). The overall estimates of attributable risk per cent and population attributable risk per cent were calculated to be 0.67 (0.56-0.76) and 0.26 (0.18-0.35) respectively. In conclusion this study identified significant role of dehydrational crisis from severe diarrhoea in cataractogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zodpey
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ughade
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Khanolkar
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Shrikhande
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications*; D003906:Developing Countries; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors