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Association of cataract with hyperglycemia and smoking in men aged 50-64 years / Florentina Bojarskienė, Dalia Lukšienė, Alvydas Paunksnis, Abdonas Tamošiūnas, Rimantas Žalinkevičius, Jūratė Lašienė
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Straipsnis kitoje duomenų bazėje / Article in other database (S4)
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Title
Association of cataract with hyperglycemia and smoking in men aged 50-64 years / Florentina Bojarskienė, Dalia Lukšienė, Alvydas Paunksnis, Abdonas Tamošiūnas, Rimantas Žalinkevičius, Jūratė Lašienė
Publisher (trusted)
Endocrine Societes of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the Institute of Endocrinology of Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
Date Issued
2006
Extent
p. 19-23.
Is part of
Baltic endocrinology. , 2006, vol. 2, no. 1.
Version
Originalus / Original
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Field of Science
Abstract
The aim of this study was to estimate the association of cataract with hyperglycemia and cigarette smoking in men aged 50-64 years from Kaunas urban population. Subject and methods. In this work we have used data of 300 men aged 50-64 years from Kaunas city population cohort investigated according to MONICA study protocol during 2001-2002. Cataract was defined by color photography using LOCS III method. Information on smoking habits was obtained with the use of a standard questionnaire. Glucose concentration was determined in capillary blood by individual glucometer. Hyperglycemia was evaluated as fasting glucose ≥6.1 mmol/l. Results. The rate of cataract among 50-64 years men with hyperglycemia was higher than among men without hyperglycemia (38.5% vs. 26.4%; OR was 1.74 (95% CI, 0.94-3.23)). The rate of cataract among former smokers was higher than among current smokers men (40.5% vs. 27.7%; OR was 1.78 (95% CI, 0.92-3.43)) and significantly higher than among never-smokers (40.5% vs. 22.9%; OR was 2.3 (95% CI, 1.16-4.59)). The rate of cataract among smokers (current and former) was 1.44 times higher than among never-smokers (33.0% vs. 22.9%; OR was 1.66 (95% CI, 0.93-2.98)). In comparing of cataract in men aged 50-64 years according hyperglycemia and smoking habits the rate of cataract was significantly higher in smokers (current and former) with hyperglycemia versus never-smokers without hyperglycemia (42.2% vs. 21.2% OR was 2.72 (95% CI, 1.15-6.46). In conclusion, hyperglycemia and smoking habits (current and former) as risk factors of many pathologies are associated with increasing of risk of cataract for 50-64 years urban men.
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1822-2293
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(LSMU ALMA)990000661600107106
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
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