Linked Life Data

8424708

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/8424708

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between alcohol use and lens opacities was examined in a large (N = 4926) population-based study of adults aged 43 to 86 years in Beaver Dam, Wis. These data were collected from 1988 to 1990. Alcohol history was determined by a standardized questionnaire. Prevalence and severity of cataract were determined by masked grading of photographs obtained using a slit-lamp camera and retroillumination. A history of heavy drinking was related to more severe nuclear sclerotic, cortical, and posterior subcapsular opacities (odds ratios, 1.34, 1.38, and 1.57, respectively). These relationships remained after adjusting for other risk factors such as smoking. Moderate liquor consumption was associated with less severe nuclear sclerosis (odds ratio, 0.81). Participants who drank wine had less severe nuclear sclerosis (odds ratio, 0.84) and cortical opacities (odds ratio, 0.84) than those who did not. Increased consumption of beer was related to increased risk of cortical opacities.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Alcohol use and lens opacities in the Beaver Dam Eye Study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792-3220.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.