Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur

A case-control study was conducted to study the risk factors for cataract among cataract patients in the ophthalmology wards of Kuala Lumpur Hospital from 2-16th October 1995. The risk factor studied were age, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus,hypertension, smoking habits and obesity. Sixty-six cataract...

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Main Authors:	Ana Daliela M., Azmi B., Hazlina Y., Khor J.G., Mimi Marina M.I., Mohd. Zaidi S., Govindarajanthran N., Zahriah J., Zalifa Z.A.
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Published:	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1998
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4341/

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spelling	ukm-43412012-04-16T02:01:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4341/ Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur Ana Daliela M., Azmi B., Hazlina Y., Khor J.G., Mimi Marina M.I., Mohd. Zaidi S., Govindarajanthran N., Zahriah J., Zalifa Z.A., A case-control study was conducted to study the risk factors for cataract among cataract patients in the ophthalmology wards of Kuala Lumpur Hospital from 2-16th October 1995. The risk factor studied were age, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus,hypertension, smoking habits and obesity. Sixty-six cataract cases were interviewed. All cases chosen have had cataract operation done or are waiting to be operated on. Controls were non-cataract patients from the medical wards.Cases and control were matched by sex. Result show that the significant risk factors for cataract are aging (Odds Ratio of 9.4, 95% confidence interval 3.3-28.1), diabetes mellitus (Odds Ratio of 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.3-7.1) and smoking (Odds Ratio of 2.6, 95% confidence interval 1.0-6.7). Other factors such as ethnicity, hypertension and obesity were not statistically significant in the analysis. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1998 Article PeerReviewed Ana Daliela M., and Azmi B., and Hazlina Y., and Khor J.G., and Mimi Marina M.I., and Mohd. Zaidi S., and Govindarajanthran N., and Zahriah J., and Zalifa Z.A., (1998) Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 4 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=61&issue=Vol4(1):1998
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description	A case-control study was conducted to study the risk factors for cataract among cataract patients in the ophthalmology wards of Kuala Lumpur Hospital from 2-16th October 1995. The risk factor studied were age, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus,hypertension, smoking habits and obesity. Sixty-six cataract cases were interviewed. All cases chosen have had cataract operation done or are waiting to be operated on. Controls were non-cataract patients from the medical wards.Cases and control were matched by sex. Result show that the significant risk factors for cataract are aging (Odds Ratio of 9.4, 95% confidence interval 3.3-28.1), diabetes mellitus (Odds Ratio of 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.3-7.1) and smoking (Odds Ratio of 2.6, 95% confidence interval 1.0-6.7). Other factors such as ethnicity, hypertension and obesity were not statistically significant in the analysis.
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author	Ana Daliela M., Azmi B., Hazlina Y., Khor J.G., Mimi Marina M.I., Mohd. Zaidi S., Govindarajanthran N., Zahriah J., Zalifa Z.A.,
spellingShingle	Ana Daliela M., Azmi B., Hazlina Y., Khor J.G., Mimi Marina M.I., Mohd. Zaidi S., Govindarajanthran N., Zahriah J., Zalifa Z.A., Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
author_facet	Ana Daliela M., Azmi B., Hazlina Y., Khor J.G., Mimi Marina M.I., Mohd. Zaidi S., Govindarajanthran N., Zahriah J., Zalifa Z.A.,
author_sort	Ana Daliela M.,
title	Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
title_short	Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
title_full	Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr	Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed	Faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di Wad oftalmologi Hospital Kuala Lumpur
title_sort	faktor-faktor risiko katarak: kajian di kalangan pesakit katarak di wad oftalmologi hospital kuala lumpur
publisher	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	1998
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4341/
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