Opium Use and the Risk of Cataract: a Hospital-based, Group-matched, Case-control Study in Iran.
Soheil MehmandoostAli SharifiHamid Reza TohidinikShahriyar ShafaNeda HayatiMohammad SharifiWilli McFarlandHamid SharifiPublished in: Ophthalmic epidemiology (2022)
Our study provides evidence that opium use could increase the odds of cataract. Results also support the association of cataract with other modifiable risk factors, such as very low and high BMI and unprotected sun exposure.