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Lack of relationship between lactose absorption and senile cataracts
R Lisker1, G Cervantes, R Pérez-Briceño
1Department of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan, México.
Annals of Ophthalmology
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
In a double-blind study using the hydrogen breath-excretion test to identify lactase status, we found 45% of absorbers in a group of 64 patients with senile cataracts compared with 71% of absorbers in the control group. These results oppose the hypothesis that lactose absorbers are especially prone to develop senile cataracts.