摘要年龄相关性白内障是导致盲和视力损害的重要眼病之一,其患病率和发病率处于较高的水平,且存在年龄、性别、地区和种族差异,其各型白内障也与年龄、性别、吸烟、糖尿病和雌激素等因素相关.白内障仍然是老年人、女性和文盲群体的一个重要的公共卫生问题.虽然白内障的诊疗水平已取得巨大进步,但目前我国白内障的手术率较低且参差不齐,白内障复明工程依然任重而道远.

abstractsAge-related cataract is one of the most important eye diseases leading to blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Epidemiologic studies had shown that the prevalence and incidence of age-re-lated cataract were relately high and varied among groups with different age, gender, region and race. Vari-ous types of cataract were associated with different factors including age, sex, smoking, diabetes mellitus and estrogen. Age-related cataract was still a severe public health problem for elderly, women and illiterate groups. Although great progress had been made in the diagnosis and treatment of cataract, the cataract sur-gery rate in China remained low, and the project of vision restoration from cataract still had a long way to go.