Table 2. The OR and 95%CI between energy-adjusted intakes of macronutrient and three types of cataract.
| Nutrients | Casesn (%) | Controlsn (%) | OR (95%CI) of three types of cataract1 |
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| Nuclear | Cortical | Posterior subcapsular | |||
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | |||||
| Q1 | 65 (18.06) | 113 (31.39) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Q2 | 88 (24.44) | 91 (25.28) | 0.821 (0.346-1.941) | 1.439 (0.417-4.724) | 2.435 (1.313-4.127) |
| Q3 | 86 (23.89) | 94 (26.11) | 0.895 (0.327-2.416) | 2.225 (1.035-5.769) | 1.620 (0.859-2.878) |
| Q4 | 121 (33.61) | 62 (17.22) | 0.447 (0.136-1.572) | 2.471 (1.348-6.043) | 1.239 (0.751-2.632) |
| P | 0.127 | 0.027 | 0.889 | ||
| Total fat (g/d) | |||||
| Q1 | 73 (20.28) | 104 (28.89) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Q2 | 79 (21.94) | 105 (29.17) | 1.328 (0.679-2.366) | 0.572 (0.364-1.821) | 1.323 (0.562-2.935) |
| Q3 | 102 (28.33) | 78 (21.66) | 1.032 (0.511-1.761) | 0.843 (0.458-1.736) | 0.716 (0.321-1.879) |
| Q4 | 106 (29.45) | 73 (20.28) | 0.921 (0.451-1.723) | 1.027 (0.548-1.882) | 0.531 (0.083-1.527) |
| P | 0.576 | 0.527 | 0.245 | ||
| Protein (g/d) | |||||
| Q1 | 81 (22.50) | 102 (28.33) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Q2 | 81 (22.50) | 100 (27.78) | 0.729 (0.515-1.643) | 1.014 (0.517-1.746) | 0.563 (0.118-1.649) |
| Q3 | 89 (24.72) | 83 (23.06) | 0.620 (0.316-0.993) | 1.349 (0.791-2.649) | 0.238 (0.079-0.886) |
| Q4 | 109 (30.28) | 75 (20.83) | 0.648 (0.382-1.611) | 0.723 (0.442-1.279) | 0.528 (0.148-0.869) |
| P | 0.233 | 0.445 | 0.023 | ||
1Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, alcohol intake, hypertension, diabetes, BMI and the level of family economic income.