Proportion and Risk Factors of Zonulopathy in Patients with Age-related Cataract

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Apr 8

PMID 38586387

Authors

Ye Zhang

Hui Zhang

Xudong Song

Mugen Liu

Ningli Wang

Chunyan Qiao

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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the proportion of zonulopathy in patients with age-related cataract, and further explore demographics and ocular characteristics, as well as potential risk factors.

Methods: Hospital-based, observational, cross-sectional study. We enrolled consecutive patients who were 45 years or older and diagnosed with age-related cataract and underwent surgery between October 2022 and April 2023 at the Division of Cataract, Beijing Tongren Hospital. Zonulopathy was diagnosed based on intraoperative signs. We calculated the total proportion, age, and gender specific proportions of zonulopathy. We compared the demographic and ocular characteristics between the cases with and without zonulopathy. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to determine the risk factors associated with the presence of zonulopathy in patients with age-related cataract.

Results: A total of 640 age-related cataract patients with a median age of 70.0 (64.0-77.0) were enrolled. Zonulopathy was diagnosed intraoperatively in 70 patients (10.9%). Compared with the patients having no zonulopathy, those with zonulopathy were likely to be older ( < 0.001), have a shallower central ACD ( < 0.001), a thicker lens ( < 0.001) and a shorter AL ( = 0.010). Logistic regression analyses showed that the risk predictors associated with the presence of zonulopathy in patients with age-related cataract were older age (OR, 1.042; = 0.035) and shallower central ACD (OR, 0.834; < 0.001).

Conclusion: Zonulopathy in age-related cataract patients is not an uncommon finding. Clinicians should be mindful of zonulopathy in patient population with advanced age and shallower ACD.

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