Relationship between pinguecula formation and exposure to tandoor ovens in a hospital-based study

作     者：Adem Gul Hasan Goker Senol Sabanci Ali Kurt Kemal Turkyilmaz 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologyOndokuz Mayis University Department of OphthalmologyFatih University Department of OphthalmologyOrtadogu Hospital Department of OphthalmologyKirsehir University Department of OphthalmologyRize University 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第7卷第6期

页      面：1014-1016页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：pinguecula tandoor ovens heat effect 

摘      要：AIM: To investigate the relationship between pinguecula and the use of tandoor ***: A total of 539 women, ranging in age from20 to 86 y who attended an outpatient clinic were enrolled. All the patients were asked whether they used tandoor ovens. Women exposed to tandoor ovens(n =286) were accepted as participants in the study group and they were compared with participants in the control group(n =253). The age, presence of pinguecula,duration of exposure to tandoor ovens as years and occupations were recorded for all the ***: Mean duration for exposure to tandoor was20.26y(range 1-62y) in the study group. The rate of pinguecula in the study group was 82.2%(235/286), and the rate in the control group was 37.5%(95/253); this difference was statistically significant(P 0.05).Pinguecula was seen in 61.2%(330/539) of all the ***: Pinguecula is strongly associated with exposure to tandoor ovens.