Review Article

Changes in Intraocular Straylight and Visual Acuity with Age in Cataracts of Different Morphologies

Table 2

Range of intensity defined for each type of cataract in the studies.

StudyCataract definition

Filgueira et al. (2016)Early age-related cataracts: nuclear (NO = 1 and 2), posterior subcapsular (P = 1 and 2)
Congdon et al. (2012)Nuclear (NO ≥ 3)
Bal et al. (2011)Nuclear (NO > 2, NC > 2, C ≤ 2, P ≤ 1), cortical (NO ≤ 2, NC ≤ 2, C > 2, P ≤ 1), posterior subcapsular (C ≤ 2, P > 1)
Nischler et al. (2010)Nuclear (2 ≤ NO ≤ 4, 2 ≤ NC ≤ 4, C < 2, P ≤ 1.5), cortical (NO < 2, NC < 2, 2 ≤ C ≤ 4, P ≤ 1.5), posterior subcapsular (NO < 2, NC < 2, C < 2, 1.5 ≤ P ≤ 4)
de Waard et al. (1992)Advanced age-related cataracts (morphologically not categorized)