Different Amounts of Alcohol Consumption and Cataract

Gong, Yu; Feng, Kehong; Yan, Ning; Xu, Yong; Pan, Chen-Wei

doi:10.1097/opx.0000000000000558

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“…Smoking is a well-established risk factor for cataract 29 . Heavy alcohol drinking was found to be associated with cataract in a recently published meta-analysis 30 . There is a need to identify the specific metabolic biomarkers which are linked with the growth of crystalline lens.…”

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Large variations in ocular dimensions in a multiethnic population with similar genetic background

Niu

Zhong

et al. 2016

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We aimed to describe the ethnic variations in ocular dimensions among three ethnic groups with similar genetic ancestry from mainland of China. We included 2119 ethnic Bai, 2202 ethnic Yi and 2183 ethnic Han adults aged 50 years or older in the study. Ocular dimensions including axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), vitreous chamber depth (VCD) and lens thickness (LT) were measured using A-scan ultrasonography. Bai Chinese had longer ALs (P < 0.001), deeper ACDs (P < 0.001) but shallower VCDs (P < 0.001) compared with the other two ethnic groups. There were no ethnic variations in LTs. Diabetes was associated with shallower ACDs and this association was stronger in Bai Chinese compared with Yi or Han Chinese (P for interaction = 0.02). Thicker lenses were associated with younger age (P = 0.04), male gender (P < 0.001), smoking history (P = 0.01), alcohol intake (P = 0.03), the presence of cataract (P < 0.001), and the presence of diabetes (P < 0.001). There were significant differences in ocular dimensions among different ethnic groups with small differences in genetics but large variations in cultures and lifestyles.

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Large variations in ocular dimensions in a multiethnic population with similar genetic background

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Zhong

et al. 2016

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“…However, it has been suggested, in contrast, that moderate alcohol consumption shows a beneficial influence on coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cataract (Rimm et al, 1999; Rehm et al, 2003; Koppes et al, 2005; Ronksley et al, 2011; Gong et al, 2015). Similarly, several epidemiological studies have also revealed that moderate alcohol consumption has a protective effect on the development of FLD (Dunn, Xu & Schwimmer, 2008; Gunji et al, 2009; Yamada et al, 2010; Hiramine et al, 2011; Dunn et al, 2012; Hamaguchi et al, 2012; Moriya et al, 2013; Sookoian, Castaño & Pirola, 2014; Hashimoto et al, 2015; Kächele et al, 2015; Moriya et al, 2015; Nishioji et al, 2015; Sogabe et al, 2015) It seems paradoxical because the excessive alcohol consumption causes alcoholic liver diseases (You & Crabb, 2004).…”

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Alcohol consumption and risk of fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis

Cao

Liu

et al. 2016

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BackgroundObservational studies have shown inconsistent results regarding alcohol consumption and risk of fatty liver. We performed a meta-analysis of published literature to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and fatty liver disease (FLD).MethodsWe searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and several Chinese databases, identifying studies that reported an association between alcohol consumption and the risk of FLD.ResultsA total of 16 studies with 76,608 participants including 13 cross-sectional studies, two cross-sectional following longitudinal studies, and one cohort study met the inclusion criteria. For light to moderate alcohol consumption (LMAC), there was a 22.6% reduction in risk of FLD (odds ratio [OR] = 0.774, 95% confidence interval CI [0.695–0.862], P <0.001), and subgroup analysis showed that a greater reduction in risk of FLD was found in the female drinkers (30.2%) and the drinkers with BMI ≥25 kg/m2(31.3%) compared with the male drinkers (22.6%) and the drinkers with BMI <25 kg/m2(21.3%), respectively. For heavy alcohol consumption, there was no significant influence on risk of FLD (OR = 0.869, 95% CI [0.553–1.364], P = 0.541) in Japanese women, but there was a 33.7% reduction in risk of FLD (OR = 0.663, 95% CI [0.574–0.765], P < 0.001) in Japanese men and a significant increased risk of FLD (OR = 1.785, 95% CI [1.064–2.996], P = 0.028) in Germans.ConclusionLMAC is associated with a significant protective effect on FLD in the studied population, especially in the women and obese population. However, the effect of heavy alcohol consumption on FLD remains unclear due to limited studies and small sample sizes.

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“…Previous studies also showed that important risk factors associated with cataract including income and educational level 28 , smoking 29 , diabetes 30 , sunlight exposure 31,32 , body mass index 33 , drug intake 33,34 , oestrogen replacement therapy 35 and alcohol 36 .…”

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Evaluating rate of cataract surgery through smart partnership between Ministry of Health, Malaysia and Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council

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muhamad²,

Azni³

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Background Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in developing countries including Malaysia. Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) and Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH) have established a cataract day care centre called Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang (MAIWP- Selayang Hospital Cataract Surgery Centre) to offer a day care cataract surgery with the aim reduce the waiting list among patients plan for cataract operation at the MOH referral hospital in Klang Valley. This smart partnership enables more patients to undergo cataract surgery with a lesser waiting period irrespective of their religious belief. Objective This paper aims to estimate the cataract surgery rate (CSR) of Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang (Cataract Operation Centre) from 2013 to 2016 and descriptive assessments of the patients who received eye treatments in the centre. Methods All cataract patients who underwent for operations in Selayang Hospital were requested to complete the “Registration Form,” that consist of the these information namely name, sex, age, home address, cataract classification, detailed ophthalmological exam information (such as naked eyesight, optometry, tonometry, etc.), cataract surgeon, surgical management, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation or not, operation cost origin, operation outcome (mainly 1st–3rd postoperative day corrected visual acuity (VA), etc. Cataract surgery data are entered into the local Eye Clinic Management System (ECMS) which synchronises with National Eye Database (NED) at regular intervals. Results Cataract surgery rate for 2013 was about 27 and increased to 37.3 in 2014. However, it was declined to 25 in 2015 before bouncing back to 36 in year of 2016. Female patients who received eye treatment at Pusat Pembedahan Katarak, MAIWP- Hospital Selayang was higher (53.7%) as compared to male patients (46.3%). Mean duration of cataract surgery from 2013 to 2016 was 21.25 ± 11.071 minutes. Conclusions Increased in cataract surgery rate for MAIWP-HS through smart partnership for day care cataract surgery proved that easy accessibility is possible to achieve the short and long-term strategies for the reduction and prevention of blindness in Malaysia.

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Different Amounts of Alcohol Consumption and Cataract

Cited by 46 publications

References 35 publications

Large variations in ocular dimensions in a multiethnic population with similar genetic background

Large variations in ocular dimensions in a multiethnic population with similar genetic background

Alcohol consumption and risk of fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis

Evaluating rate of cataract surgery through smart partnership between Ministry of Health, Malaysia and Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council

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