| Summary: | A case-control study was conducted to study the risk factors for cataract among cataract patients in the ophthalmology wards of Kuala Lumpur Hospital from 2-16th October 1995. The risk factor studied were age, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus,hypertension, smoking habits and obesity. Sixty-six cataract cases were interviewed. All cases chosen have had cataract operation done or are waiting to be operated on. Controls were non-cataract patients from the medical wards.Cases and control were matched by sex. Result show that the significant risk factors for cataract are aging (Odds Ratio of 9.4, 95% confidence interval 3.3-28.1), diabetes mellitus (Odds Ratio of 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.3-7.1) and smoking (Odds Ratio of 2.6, 95% confidence interval 1.0-6.7). Other factors such as ethnicity, hypertension and obesity were not statistically significant in the analysis.
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