Alcohol Consumption and Incident Cataract Surgery in Two Large UK Cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the association of alcohol consumption and type of alcoholic beverage with incident cataract surgery in 2 large cohorts.

Design

Longitudinal, observational study.

Participants

We included 469 387 participants of UK Biobank with a mean age of 56 years and 23 162 participants of European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk with a mean age of 59 years.

Methods

Self-reported alcohol consumption at baseline was ascertained by a touchscreen questionnaire in UK Biobank and a food-frequency questionnaire in EPIC-Norfolk. Cases were defined as participants undergoing cataract surgery in either eye as ascertained via data linkage to National Health Service procedure statistics. We excluded participants with cataract surgery up to 1 year

SUBMITTER: Chua SYL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature