In Utero/Childhood/ Adolescence Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and Elderly-Onset Cataract: A Large Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cataract remains the primary cause of blindness in middle-income and low-income countries, with a known association with environmental factors including smoking. However, the relationship between early-life tobacco smoke exposures, including in utero tobacco smoke exposure and early initiation of smoking, and the risk of cataract incidence remains unclear. We aimed to examine the associations of early-life exposure to tobacco smoke with the risk of elderly-onset cataract.

Methods

In this prospective study, we included 330,528 participants aged 40 years or older who were recruited between 2006 and 2010. Early-life tobacco smoke exposures, including in utero, childhood, and adolescence exposure to tobacco smoke, as well as the type of tobacco smoke, were ascertained ba

SUBMITTER: Lai C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11578142 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature