Dietary and nutritional biomarkers of lens degeneration, oxidative stress and micronutrient inadequacies in Indian cataract patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 464-472

  Tarwadi, Kirtan V ^a   Chiplonkar, Shashi A ^a   Agte, Vaishali ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cataract; Micronutrients; Oxidative stress; Phytic acid; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INOSITOL PENTAKISPHOSPHATE; IRON; PHYTATE; POLYPHENOL; TANNIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TEA; VEGETABLE;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46549088682     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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