Abraham Alison G, Condon Nathan G, West Gower Emily
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, 116 Wilmer Building, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Ophthalmol Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;19(4):415-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ohc.2006.07.008.
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Smoking, diabetes, and exposure to UVB light consistently have been identified as risk factors for cataract development. Recently, new factors have been identified. Further research into other previously identified risk factors has suggested that these initial associations ma indeed not exist. This article reviews the current state of knowledge on risk factors for development of age-related cataract formation.
白内障是全球失明的主要原因。吸烟、糖尿病和暴露于中波紫外线一直被确定为白内障发展的风险因素。最近，又发现了一些新的因素。对其他先前确定的风险因素的进一步研究表明，这些最初的关联可能实际上并不存在。本文综述了与年龄相关的白内障形成的风险因素的当前知识状况。
