Figure 1.
Flow chart of study selection.
Table 1.
Characteristic of prospective cohort studies evaluating alcohol consumption and its association with age-related cataract.
Figure 2.
Forest plot for study-specific and pooled relative risk (RR) estimates (Any drinkers versus Non-drinkers) of cataract risk associated with alcohol consumption.
SEE = The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study; BMES = The Blue Mountains Eye Study; BDES = The Beaver Dam Eye Study; NHS = The Nurses' Health Study; SMC = The Swedish Mammography Cohort; SPES = The Shihpai Eye Study; PHS = The Physicians' Health Study; PSC = posterior subcapsular cataract.
Figure 3.
Forest plot for study-specific and pooled relative risk (RR) estimates (Moderate drinkers versus Non-drinkers) of cataract risk associated with alcohol consumption.
SEE = The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study; BMES = The Blue Mountains Eye Study; BDES = The Beaver Dam Eye Study; NHS = The Nurses' Health Study; SMC = The Swedish Mammography Cohort; SPES = The Shihpai Eye Study; PHS = The Physicians' Health Study; PSC = posterior subcapsular cataract.
Figure 4.
Forest plot for study-specific and pooled relative risk (RR) estimates (Heavy drinkers versus Non-drinkers) of cataract risk associated with alcohol consumption.
SEE = The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study; BMES = The Blue Mountains Eye Study; BDES = The Beaver Dam Eye Study; NHS = The Nurses' Health Study; SMC = The Swedish Mammography Cohort; SPES = The Shihpai Eye Study; PHS = The Physicians' Health Study; PSC = posterior subcapsular cataract.
Figure 5.
Funnel plot of the association between alcohol intake and risk of any cataract (Any drinkers versus Non-drinkers-Any).
Figure 6.
Funnel plot of the association between alcohol intake and risk of cortical cataract (Any drinkers versus Non-drinkers).