Is there a connection between cataracts and your cholesterol medicine?

New research suggests there may be. A study, appearing in the journal Optometry and Vision Science, analyzed nearly 64-hundred patients who visited an optometry clinic in Canada.

The team evaluated both diabetes and statin treatment as possible risk factors for age-related cataracts. Statin use was common among the group with 56-percent of patients with Type 2 diabetes taking statin drugs and another 16-percent without diabetes taking the cholesterol lowering medication.

Both diabetes and statin use were significantly associated with an increased rate of age-related cataracts. The team evaluated both diabetes and statin treatment as possible risk factors for age related cataracts.

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