Healthy diets and the subsequent prevalence of nuclear cataract in women

Julie A Mares; Rick Voland; Rachel Adler; Lesley Tinker; Amy E Millen; Suzen M Moeller; Barbara Blodi; Karen M Gehrs; Robert B Wallace; Richard J Chappell; Marian L Neuhouser; Gloria E Sarto; CAREDS Group

doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.84

Back

Healthy diets and the subsequent prevalence of nuclear cataract in women

Journal article

Open access

Peer reviewed

Healthy diets and the subsequent prevalence of nuclear cataract in women

Julie A Mares, Rick Voland, Rachel Adler, Lesley Tinker, Amy E Millen, Suzen M Moeller, Barbara Blodi, Karen M Gehrs, Robert B Wallace, Richard J Chappell, …

Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.128(6), pp.738-749

06/2010

DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.84

PMCID: PMC2896219

PMID: 20547952

Files and links (1)

url

https://doi.org/10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.84View

Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

To assess the association between healthy diet scores and prevalence of nuclear cataract in women. The association between healthy diet scores, which reflect adherence to the US dietary guidelines, and prevalence of nuclear cataract determined 4 to 7 years later was assessed in a sample of Women's Health Initiative Observational Study participants (aged 50-79 years) residing in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Oregon. Scores on the 1995 Healthy Eating Index, which reflect adherence to 1990 guidelines, were assigned from responses to food frequency questionnaires at the Women's Health Initiative baseline (1994-1998). Presence of nuclear cataract was determined from slitlamp photographs and self-reports of cataract extractions were assessed from May 1, 2001, to January 31, 2004, in 1808 women participating in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study. Having a high 1995 Healthy Eating Index score was the strongest modifiable predictor of low prevalence of nuclear cataract among numerous risk factors investigated in this sample. The multivariate-adjusted odds ratio for high vs low quintile for diet score was 0.63 (95% confidence interval, 0.43-0.91). Higher prevalence of nuclear cataract was also associated with other modifiable factors (smoking and marked obesity) and nonmodifiable factors (having brown eyes, myopia, and high pulse pressure). Vitamin supplement use was not related to cataract. These data add to the body of evidence suggesting that eating foods rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals may contribute to postponing the occurrence of the most common type of cataract in the United States.

United States - epidemiology

Prevalence

Women's Health

Humans

Middle Aged

Risk Factors

Diet Records

Feeding Behavior

Cataract - epidemiology

Lens Nucleus, Crystalline - pathology

Health Behavior

Nutrition Assessment

Aging - physiology

Diet

Female

Aged

Details

Title: Subtitle: Healthy diets and the subsequent prevalence of nuclear cataract in women
Creators: Julie A Mares - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726-2336, USA. jmarespe@wisc.edu
Rick Voland
Rachel Adler
Lesley Tinker
Amy E Millen
Suzen M Moeller
Barbara Blodi
Karen M Gehrs
Robert B Wallace
Richard J Chappell
Marian L Neuhouser
Gloria E Sarto
CAREDS Group
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.128(6), pp.738-749
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.84
PMID: 20547952
PMCID: PMC2896219
NLM abbreviation: Arch Ophthalmol
ISSN: 0003-9950
eISSN: 1538-3601
Publisher: American Medical Association; United States
Grant note: U10 EY013018 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY013018-05 / NEI NIH HHS 13018 / PHS HHS U10 EY013018-04 / NEI NIH HHS EY016886 / NEI NIH HHS T32 DK007665 / NIDDK NIH HHS DK 07665 / NIDDK NIH HHS R01 EY016886 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY013018-03 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY013018-02 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY013018-01 / NEI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 06/2010
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983979944102771

Metrics

19 Record Views

57 Times Cited - Web of Science