Clinical Characteristics of Presenile Cataract: Change over 10 Years in Southern Taiwan

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Factor		%
Male	155	51.3%
Female	147	48.7%
Axial length (AXL)
<26 mm	160	53.0%
≥26 mm (high myopia)	142	47.0%
Diabetes mellitus (DM)	81	26.8%
Without PRP	27	33.3%
Post-PRP only	28	34.6%
Post-PRP and TPPV	26	32.1%
Hypertension	65	21.5%
Other systemic disease	56	18.5%
Ocular surgery	79	26.2%
Post-TPPV	60	76.0%
Post-LASIK	14	17.7%
Post-SE	3	3.8%
Others	2	2.5%
Ocular trauma history	18	6.0%
Steroid usage	5	1.7%
Lens type
NS	204	67.6%
PSCO	76	25.2%
CO	8	2.7%
Mature	14	4.6%

PRP: panretinal photocoagulation; TPPV: trans-pars plana vitrectomy; LASIK: laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis; SE: scleral buckle; NS: nuclear sclerosis; PSCO: posterior subcapsular opacity; CO: cortical opacity.