Figure 1.
Flow diagram showing the selection process for inclusion of studies.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
Table 2.
Assessment of methodological quality of included studies.
Figure 2.
Random effects meta-analysis investigating the association between nuclear cataract and all-cause mortality.
HR = hazards ratio; CI = confidence interval.
Figure 3.
Random effects meta-analysis investigating the association between cortical cataract and all-cause mortality.
HR = hazards ratio; CI = confidence interval.
Figure 4.
Random effects meta-analysis investigating the association between posterior subcapsular cataract and all-cause mortality.
HR = hazards ratio; CI = confidence interval.
Figure 5.
Random effects meta-analysis investigating the association between cataract surgery and all-cause mortality.
HR = hazards ratio; CI = confidence interval.
Table 3.
Association between cataract and mortality by follow-up years and cataract diagnosis.