The patients with CSCR demonstrated less exploratory behaviors, higher risk avoidance, restraint, and low extravagance. They were more quick-tempered, disorganized, and easily frustrated, with a tendency to avoid negative and potentially harmful stimuli, less tolerance to frustration, higher level of insecurity, and higher level of anticipatory anxiety.

Purpose To evaluate lipids and C-reactive protein serum levels in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in the Polish population. Methods 96 patients were studied with PEX and 79 control subjects. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol and CRP serum levels, and TG/HDL-C and TC/HDL-C indexes were assessed. Results There were no significant differences in concentration of lipids and values of TC/HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, and non-HDL-C between PEX and control groups. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein was not increased in patients with PEX. Conclusions Our results cast doubt on the opinion on the possible PEX and vascular diseases relation. Further studies on this subject are mandatory.

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Our results do not indicate any relation between PEX and Alzheimer's amyloids or cognitive functions in cataract patients.

Purpose. To evaluate CLU polymorphisms in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Materials and Methods. We studied 81 patients (23 males and 58 females, the median age 76 years) and 91 control subjects (27 males and 64 females, the median age 75 years). Genotypes of the CLU polymorphisms (SNPs), rs3087554 and rs2279590, were determined using a commercially available validated genotyping assays. The χ2 test was performed to compare patient and control groups for possible associations between SNP genotype/allele frequency and disease state. Results. There were no significant differences for both allele and genotype frequencies between PEX patients and controls for rs3087554 and rs2279590 polymorphisms. The haplotypes distribution shows statistically significant difference between groups p=0.03. The haplotype (CT) more often was found in controls than in PEX patients, conferring an 18-fold decreased risk to the disease. Conclusion. Our results indicate that CLU variants may contribute to the risk of PEX in the Polish population.

Oxidative stress is considered as a possible factor in the genesis of cataract. The study aimed to determine the systemic antioxidant status in cataract patients under 60 years. We studied 28 consecutive cataract patients, mean of 53 years (SD = 9.2), a range of 22–60 and 37 controls. In erythrocytes, activity of antioxidant enzymes was determined: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), in contrast with plasma concentrations of vitamin A and E. Conjugated dienes (CD) level and protein carbonyls (PC) concentration were also determined in plasma. Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations in erythrocytes and plasma were also measured. SOD and GPx activity and vitamin A and E concentrations were lower in cataract patients (p = 0.000511, 0.02, 0.022, and 0.000006, respectively). MDA plasma and erythrocytes concentrations were higher in cataract patients (p = 0.000001 and 0.0000001, respectively). PC concentration was higher in cataract patients than in controls (p = 0.00000013). There were statistically significant correlations between oxidative stress markers both in the cataract patients group as well as in the control group. Cataract incidence in patients under 60 years seems to be accompanied by enhanced lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, as well as antioxidant defense depletion. Thus, supplementation with antioxidants could be beneficial in this group of patients.

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