Cataracts and cigarette smoking: The City Eye Study
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Eye
- Vol. 3 (4) , 379-384
- https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1989.56
Abstract
The City Eye Study is a nine year longitudinal prospective epidemiological study. During the first three year phase the study recruited 1029 volunteers, aged between 54 and 65 years, primarily from companies and organisations working in or around the City of London. The analysis of the first cohort data shows a significant association between nuclear lens opacities and moderate to heavy cigarette smoking. The Relative Risk for nuclear lens opacity and cigarette smoking ranges from 1.0 for past light-smokers through 2.6 for past heavy-smokers, to 2.9 for present heavy smokers.Keywords
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