A prospective study of the relationship between body mass index and cataract extraction among US women and men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1588-1595

  Weintraub, J M ^a,c,d   Willett, W C ^a,c   Rosner, B ^a,c   Colditz, G A ^a,c   Seddon, J M ^a,b   Hankinson, S E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d City/Co of San F D of P H   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diabetes; Obesity

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036958104     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802158     Document Type: Article

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