Metabolic Syndrome, Its Components and Risk of Age-Related Cataract Extraction: A Case-Control Study in Italy

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 380-384

  Galeone, Carlotta ^a,b   Petracci, Elisabetta ^b   Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Zucchetto, Antonella ^c   La Vecchia, Carlola ^a,b   Tavani, Alessandra ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case Control Study; Cataract; Central Obesity; Diabetes; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Metabolic Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951289751     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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