Wine consumption may lower risk of cataract surgery, finds Study
UK: People indulging in low to moderate alcohol consumption are at a lower risk of undergoing cataract surgery, finds a recent study in the journal Ophthalmology. The risk was particularly evident with wine consumption.
Robert N Luben, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and colleagues aimed to examine the association of alcohol consumption and type of alcoholic beverage with incident cataract surgery in two large cohorts.
For the purpose, the researchers performed a longitudinal observational study consisting of 469,387 participants of UK Biobank (mean age of 56 years) and 23,162 participants of EPIC-Norfolk (mean age of 59 years).
Using the touchscreen questionnaire in UK Biobank and a food-frequency questionnaire in EPIC-Norfolk, the researchers ascertained self-reported alcohol consumption at baseline. Cases were defined as participants undergoing cataract surgery in either eye as ascertained via data linkage to National Health Service procedure statistics.
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