April’s issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science publishes the latest paper from the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey in Nigeria. The authros examined prevalence and risk factors for lens opacities among a nationally representative sample of Nigerians aged ≥ 40 years. A fifth of Nigerian adults were found to have some degree of lens opacity and further studies are needed to investigate the role of ethnicity, climate variables, and other risk factors.
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