Age-related cataract and 10-year mortality: the Liwan Eye Study.

Zhuoting ZhuLanhua WangJane ScheetzMingguang He

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2019)

Our findings that age-related cataract is a predictor for poorer survival compared to those without may imply that cataract is a biomarker of ageing and frailty.

Keyphrases

cataract surgery
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
free survival