Prevalence of and factors associated with lens opacities in a Korean adult population with and without diabetes: The 2008-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Tae Nyun ^a,b   Lee, Joo Eun ^a   Lee, Eun Ju ^a   Won, Jong Chul ^a   Noh, Jung Hyun ^b   Ko, Kyung Soo ^a,b   Rhee, Byoung Doo ^a,b   Kim, Dong Jun ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899461000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094189     Document Type: Article

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