Plasma lutein and zeaxanthin and the risk of age-related nuclear cataract among the elderly Finnish population

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-154

  Karppi, Jouni ^a   Laukkanen, Jari A ^a,b   Kurl, Sudhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age related nuclear cataract; Carotenoids; Elderly population; Lutein; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE RELATED NUCLEAR CATARACT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINNISH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SENILE CATARACT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ZEAXANTHIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84863713430     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005332     Document Type: Article

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