Brown-eyed people have more cataracts : "People with dark brown eyes may be at greater risk for developing cataracts than people with lighter eyes, according to a report in a recent issue of Sun & Skin News, a publication of The Skin Cancer Foundation. An Australian team of researchers followed 2,335 individuals of at least 49 years old, and found that those with brown eyes proved 80% more likely than those with blue eyes to develop nuclear cataracts. They were also 2.5 times more likely to need surgery."
Wow, just the opposite of what I would expect. Hard to explain the results given that the lens of a brown-eyed individual should be exposed to less UV light, compared to someone with blue eyes.
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That IS really weird.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because blue-eyed people are more likely to wear sun glasses?
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