The Anthrometric Characteristics and Types of Cataract in Erbil City

Aras Taha  Omar; Selwa Elias  Yacoub

doi:10.56056/amj.2018.41

Authors

Aras Taha Omar M.B.Ch.B. Trainee at KBMS (FM branch)
Selwa Elias Yacoub Assistant Professor. DCM, FICMS/FM. Trainer at Kurdistan Board of Medical Specialty/Erbil/Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56056/amj.2018.41

Keywords:

Anthropometric characteristic, Erbil city, Rizgary and Hawler teaching hospital, Types of cataract

Abstract

Background and objectives:Cataract is the most leading cause of decrease visual acuity and blindness in the world. The aim of this study is to find out the association of the anthropometric characteristic and types of cataract among the studied population.

Methods:A cross sectional study conducted among 200 middle aged patients attending oph- thalmology consultation clinic at Rizgary and Hawler teaching hospital in Erbil city and diagnosed by ophthalmologist to have cataract, from the 1st of June 2017 to the 30th of November 2017. The questionnaire was completed through direct interview.

Results:The proportion of the posterior sub-capsular type among females (55.9%) was significantly higher than the proportion (29.9%) among males (p = 0.003). A significant association (p < 0.001) was detected between abdominal obesity and types of cataract. The proportion of the posterior sub-capsular was 58.7% among those with abdominal obesity compared with 16.5% among those with no abdominal obesity. Regarding obesity, categorized by body mass index, it was found that the proportion of the posterior sub-capsular type increase with the increase of body mass index, while the proportion of cortical type decrease with the increase in body mass index (p =0.005).

Conclusions: posterior sub capsular cataract, found to be the more evident type and significantly associated with the abdominal obesity and the increase of BMI while the cortical type found to decrease with the increase in BMI.

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