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Epidemiologia zaćmy
w materiale Kliniki Chorób Oczu Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi
Epidemiology of cataract in
clinical material of Department of Ophthalmology, Medical
University of Łódź
Ewa Bilińska1, Agnieszka Moll2,
Grażyna Kowalczyk1, Wojciech Omulecki1
1Z Kliniki Chorób Oczu Katedry Chorób Oczu
Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi
Kierownik: dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Omulecki
2Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dziecięcej Instytutu Pediatrii
Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi
P. o. kierownik: dr n. med. Anna Niwald |
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| Summary: |
Purpose: Analysis
of some epidemiological features of patients operated
for senile and presenile cataract at our department in
years: 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2002.
Material and methods: In the analyzed years 4385
patients (1594 males and 2791 females) aged from 36 to
97 years were operated. The age of patients, sex,
duration of cataract symptoms before surgery,
preoperative visual acuity, type of cataract, place of
living and coexistence of diabetes or high myopia, were
taken into consideration.
Results: The mean age of patients was 70.4. A
statistically significant difference between mean age in
1997 (69,7), and 2000 (71,6) and 2002 (71,4) was found.
Women tended to be operated on 2 years later than men (mean
age for women – 71.1, mean age for men – 69.1). 16% of
patients suffered from diabetes, and 6.7% had high
myopia. Senile cataract affected people with high myopia
at earlier age (mean – 67.3 years). 67.5% of patients
were of big town origin, 13% came from small towns and
19% were from the country. Patients from big towns were
operated in higher age (mean – 72.4 years) than patients
from small cities (mean -69.9 years), and from country (mean
– 70.2 years) and had better visual acuity (mean – 0.20)
than patients from small towns (mean – 0.16) and from
country (mean – 0.13). Preoperative visual acuity in the
range 0.4 – 1.0 was found in 0.4% of patients in 1992,
and in 28% in 2002. The visual acuity <0.1was found in
77.5% of patients in 1992 and in 45% of patients in
2002.
Conclusions: Mean age of patients operated for
cataract is increasing and there is a tendency of
performing operations in cases with better visual acuity.
Women suffer from cataract later than men. People of
country origin were operated at earlier age with worse
visual acuity comparing to patients coming from towns.
Senile cataract affects people with high myopia at
earlier age. |
| Słowa kluczowe: |
zaćma, epidemiologia,
czynniki ryzyka |
| Key words: |
cataract, epidemiology,
risk factors |
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