Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
OBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Among the 11,163 adults (≥ 19 years old) from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008-2009, the d...
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| author | Tae Nyun Kim Joo Eun Lee Eun Ju Lee Jong Chul Won Jung Hyun Noh Kyung Soo Ko Byoung Doo Rhee Dong-Jun Kim |
| author_facet | Tae Nyun Kim Joo Eun Lee Eun Ju Lee Jong Chul Won Jung Hyun Noh Kyung Soo Ko Byoung Doo Rhee Dong-Jun Kim |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Among the 11,163 adults (≥ 19 years old) from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008-2009, the data from laboratory tests, nutritional surveys, and slit-lamp examinations of 10,248 persons (4,397 men, 5,851 women) were examined. Cataract was defined as the presence of any nuclear, cortical, subcapsular, or mixed cataract in at least one eye, using the Lens Opacities Classification System III. RESULTS: The weighted prevalence of cataracts were 23.5% [95% confidence interval (CI), 21.7-25.4] in a Korean adult population (19-39 years old, 1.8% [1.3-2.5], 40-64 years old, 25.2% [22.5-28.1], ≥ 65 years old, 87.8% [85.4-89.9])and 54.7% [50.1-59.2] in a diabetic population(19-39 years old, 11.6% [4.5-26.5], 40-64 years old, 41.1% [35.4-47.0], ≥ 65 years old, 88.3% [83.5-91.8]). In a logistic regression analysis, age, myopia, and the presence of diabetes were independent risk factors. For young (age 19-39 years) and middle aged (age 40-65 years) adults with diabetes, the OR of having a lens opacity is 5.04 [1.41-17.98] and 1.47 [1.11-1.94], respectively, as those without diabetes, whereas for adults aged 65 and older, there was no difference in the prevalence of cataract. CONCLUSIONS: According to these national survey data, ∼ 24% of Korean adults and ∼ 55% of people with diabetes have cataracts. The presence of diabetes was independently associated with cataracts in young and middle aged adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc78024d2b164b2c8176f7f9b079fe092022-12-21T23:41:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0194e9418910.1371/journal.pone.0094189Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Tae Nyun KimJoo Eun LeeEun Ju LeeJong Chul WonJung Hyun NohKyung Soo KoByoung Doo RheeDong-Jun KimOBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Among the 11,163 adults (≥ 19 years old) from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008-2009, the data from laboratory tests, nutritional surveys, and slit-lamp examinations of 10,248 persons (4,397 men, 5,851 women) were examined. Cataract was defined as the presence of any nuclear, cortical, subcapsular, or mixed cataract in at least one eye, using the Lens Opacities Classification System III. RESULTS: The weighted prevalence of cataracts were 23.5% [95% confidence interval (CI), 21.7-25.4] in a Korean adult population (19-39 years old, 1.8% [1.3-2.5], 40-64 years old, 25.2% [22.5-28.1], ≥ 65 years old, 87.8% [85.4-89.9])and 54.7% [50.1-59.2] in a diabetic population(19-39 years old, 11.6% [4.5-26.5], 40-64 years old, 41.1% [35.4-47.0], ≥ 65 years old, 88.3% [83.5-91.8]). In a logistic regression analysis, age, myopia, and the presence of diabetes were independent risk factors. For young (age 19-39 years) and middle aged (age 40-65 years) adults with diabetes, the OR of having a lens opacity is 5.04 [1.41-17.98] and 1.47 [1.11-1.94], respectively, as those without diabetes, whereas for adults aged 65 and older, there was no difference in the prevalence of cataract. CONCLUSIONS: According to these national survey data, ∼ 24% of Korean adults and ∼ 55% of people with diabetes have cataracts. The presence of diabetes was independently associated with cataracts in young and middle aged adults.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981769?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Tae Nyun Kim Joo Eun Lee Eun Ju Lee Jong Chul Won Jung Hyun Noh Kyung Soo Ko Byoung Doo Rhee Dong-Jun Kim Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. PLoS ONE |
| title | Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| title_full | Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| title_short | Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: the 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| title_sort | prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a korean adult population with and without diabetes the 2008 2009 korea national health and nutrition examination survey |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981769?pdf=render |
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