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      The Impact of Early Lens Opacity Progression on Visual Acuity and Refraction

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          The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the change in visual acuity and refraction taking place in eyes with progressing early lens opacities. Four hundred and ten hypercholesterolemic men in Eastern Finland who participated in the Kuopio Atherosclerosis Prevention Study were followed up for 3 years. Lens opacities were graded using the lens opacity classification system II (LOCS II). The change of visual acuity and refractive error from baseline to a 36-month examination was compared for different types of lens opacities. During the 3-year period, progression in the LOCS II was observed in 9.2% of the eyes for nuclear, in 4.8% for cortical and in 0.5% of the eyes for posterior subcapsular opacities. Increasing nuclear sclerosis reduced visual acuity statistically significantly both with and without correction. Hypermetropization was seen to continue in eyes with no lens opacity progression. Myopization was more common in eyes with lens opacity progression, although this was not statistically significant.

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          Journal
          Journal ID (publisher-id): OPH
          Journal ID (nlm-ta): Ophthalmologica
          Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0030-3755
          Title: Ophthalmologica
          Publisher: S. Karger AG
          ISSN (Print): 0030-3755
          ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0267
          Publication date Subscription-year: 1997
          Publication date (Print): 1997
          Publication date (Electronic): 01 April 2010
          Volume: 211
          Issue: 4
          Pages: 242-246
          Affiliations
          aDepartment of Ophthalmology and bResearch Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Finland
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          Publisher ID: 310799 Other ID: Ophthalmologica 1997;211:242–246
          DOI: 10.1159/000310799
          PubMed ID: 9216016
          SO-VID: cdb7106c-f508-4f2f-a9ad-89fde82948e1
          Copyright © © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
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          Date received : 16 January 1996
          Date accepted : 05 July 1996
          Page count
          Pages: 5
          Categories
          Subject: Original Paper

          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
          Keywords: Lens opacity,Cataract,LOCS II,Refractive error,Visual acuity
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          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences, Ophthalmology & Optometry, Pathology
          Keywords: Lens opacity, Cataract, LOCS II, Refractive error, Visual acuity

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