Exploring association between pseudoexfoliation syndrome and ocular aging.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Within a population-based follow-up study, to examine the 10-year incidence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), possible risk factors for PEX and its association with ocular aging of the cornea, lens and retina.

Methods

The baseline examination was conducted in 2006 on a random sample of 1,033 adult participants from Kaunas city (Lithuania) population of whom 631 had ophthalmic examination data at attendance of the 10-year follow-up in 2016. Detailed examination of the anterior and posterior segment of the eye was carried out. After diagnostic mydriasis PEX was diagnosed by the presence of typical grayish-white exfoliation material on the anterior capsule surface of the lens. The participants were divided to PEX and non-PEX groups.

Results

PEX prevalence incr

SUBMITTER: Rumelaitiene U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042963 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature