The rates of cataract surgery are increasing and postoperative outcomes are improving
worldwide, yet challenges to reducing the cataract burden further remain. Cost, an …

Purpose: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness and cataract surgical rate (CSR) is used
as a proxy indicator of access to cataract services in a country. The aim of this study was to …

Summary 23% of the total global burden of disease is attributable to disorders in people
aged 60 years and older. Although the proportion of the burden arising from older people (≥ …

Worldwide, populations are rapidly ageing. This demographic shift presents both
opportunities and challenges. Most people aspire to live a long and healthy life, and older …

Purpose: To estimate prevalence and number of people visually impaired or blind due to
cataract. Methods: Based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 and ongoing …

Cataract, the clinical correlate of opacity or light scattering in the eye lens, is usually caused
by the presence of high-molecular-weight (HMW) protein aggregates or disruption of the …

Approximately 2 billion people lack access to emergency and essential surgical care (Funk
and others 2010). Most of the need is in rural and marginalized populations living in low-and …

Purpose: To report the prevalence and risk factors of cataract and its subtypes in older age
group. Methods: A total of 6617 subjects were recruited from both rural and urban areas. A …

A newly rediscovered subclass of noncoding RNAs, circular RNAs (circRNAs), is produced
by a back-splicing mechanism with a covalently closed loop structure. They not only serve …

Purpose.: We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between smoking and
age-related cataract (ARC). Methods.: Eligible studies were identified via computer searches …