Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 272-278.e2, February 2011

Prevalence of Cataract in an Older Population in India:

The India Study of Age-related Eye Disease

Presented at: ARVO, May 2008, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

  • Praveen Vashist, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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  • Badrinath Talwar, MS, Dip NBE (Oph)

      Affiliations

    • Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, Aravind Eye Care, Pondicherry, India
    • ,
  • Madhurjya Gogoi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Giovanni Maraini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Otorino-Odonto-Oftalmologiche e Cervico Facciali, Sezione di Oftalmologia, Universita‘ degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
    • ,
  • Monica Camparini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Otorino-Odonto-Oftalmologiche e Cervico Facciali, Sezione di Oftalmologia, Universita‘ degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
    • ,
  • Ravilla D. Ravindran, MSDO

      Affiliations

    • Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, Aravind Eye Care, Pondicherry, India
    • ,
  • Gudlavalleti V. Murthy, MPH, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Kathryn E. Fitzpatrick, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • ,
  • Neena John, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Usha Chakravarthy, FRCS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
    • ,
  • Thulasiraj D. Ravilla, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Madurai, India
    • ,
  • Astrid E. Fletcher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Astrid Fletcher, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK

Received 28 August 2009; received in revised form 17 May 2010; accepted 24 May 2010. published online 31 August 2010.

Available online: August 30, 2010.

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 Manuscript no. 2009-1174.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any of the materials discussed in this article.Supported by the Wellcome Trust UK Grant 073300.

PII: S0161-6420(10)00562-2

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.020

Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 272-278.e2, February 2011

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