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Reference: First
author (year)
Area of
study
Type of
study
Study
period
Klein et al., 2000 USA Cohort 1993-
1995
Hourihan et al.,
1999
Australia Crosssectional
1992-
1994
Study population:
characteristics;
study size
Beaver Dam
residents (Beaver
Dam Eye Study):
n=3,684
Urban population,
Blue Mountains eye
study: n=3,654
Type of
ionising
radiation
exposed
External:
X-rays
External:
X-rays
Reconstructed dose Exposure
assessment
– 110 –
Outcome
assessment
- Self-reported Grading
system not
mentioned
- Self-reported Wisconsin
system
Risk estimates for cataract Adjustment to
confounders
Incidence (%) reported Age, sex diabetes
History of >1 head CT:
OR=1.0 (0.4-2.7) for PSC;
1.7 (0.8-3.5) for nuclear
cataract; and 0.9 (0.5-1.6)
for cortical cataract
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency; LOCS III: Lens Opacities Classification System, Version III; FLD: (minor) focal lens defect (scores); TCD: Taiwan cumulative
dose exposure assessment system; GEE: generalized estimating equation; RR: relative risk; CT: computed tomography; CAT: computerized axial tomography; PSC: posterior
subcapsular (opacities); OR: odds ratio; TLD: thermo-luminescent dosimeters; ADER: ambient dose equivalent rate; HR: hazard ratio; USAF: United States Air Force; USN:
United States Navy; NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; WHO: World Health Organization
Age, sex