Abstract

MARTINEZ LAMAS, Michel  and  SUAREZ RODRIGUEZ, Aianni. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with senile cataract in the Venezuelan state of Sucre. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.12, pp. 1719-1724. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study was carried out from July to December, 2012 to characterize clinically and epidemically 155 patients older than 50 years with senile cataract, assisted in "El Peñón" Center for Comprehensive Diagnosis, belonging to Cumana municipality in the Venezuelan state of Sucre. Among the main risk factors in this group, there were: prevalence of women (51.0%) and of ages above 75 years (43.9%), environmental pollution due to smoke in all cases, smoking habit in 71.6%, prolonged exposure to the sun in 63.2%, as well as high consumption of steroids and diuretics (14.8 and 11.0%, respectively)

Keywords : senile cataract; smoking habit; prolonged exposure to the sun; consumption of steroids and diuretics; ophthalmology; Venezuela.

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