Modeling the prevalence of age-related cataract: Waterloo eye study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Machan, Carolyn M ^a   Hrynchak, Patricia K ^a   Irving, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cataract; Epidemiology; Lens extraction; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE FUNCTIONS; AGE-RELATED; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORTICAL CATARACT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEAN AGES; NUCLEAR SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIOS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858159522     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31823ee062     Document Type: Article

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