Ultraviolet radiation and incidence of cataracts in a nationwide US cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examine the risk of cataract and cataract surgery with measures of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure and UVR sensitivity in a large, nationwide population of indoor workers.

Methods

Participants from the US Radiologic Technologists Study were followed from age at baseline survey (2003-2005) to age at earliest of cataract diagnosis, cataract surgery, or completion of last survey (2012-2013). UVR-related factors included satellite-based ambient UVR linked to lifetime residences, time spent outdoors across various age periods, history of blistering sunburns, prior diagnosis of keratinocyte carcinoma, and iris color. We used Cox proportional hazards models with age as timescale to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for cataract and catar

SUBMITTER: Delavar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10655928 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature