Sunlight Exposure and Cataractan Epidemiological Enigma

Association Between Sunlight Exposure and Vitamin D Intake and Multiple Sclerosis Disability and Progression

Background: Some studies on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have suggested that adequate vitamin D intake can modulate the course of MS and decreases its incidence. However, there are limited studies with conflicting findings on the relation between MS severity, its course, and vitamin D intake.  Objectives: The current study aimed to compare vitamin D intake and sunlight exposure between MS phenotype...

Sunlight exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Sunlight exposure assessment: can we accurately assess vitamin D exposure from sunlight questionnaires?

The purpose of this review is to summarize the peer-reviewed literature in relation to sunlight exposure assessment and the validity of using sunlight exposure questionnaires to quantify vitamin D status. There is greater variability in personal ultraviolet (UV) light exposure as the result of personal behavior than as the result of ambient UV light exposure. Although statistically significant,...

Sunlight exposure, antioxidants, and age-related macular degeneration.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of sunlight exposure and antioxidant level with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Four thousand seven hundred fifty-three participants aged 65 years or older in the European Eye Study underwent fundus photography, were interviewed for adult lifetime sunlight exposure, and gave blood for antioxidant analysis. Blue light exposure was estimated ...

Sunlight exposure, antioxidant status, and cataract in Hong Kong fishermen.

STUDY OBJECTIVES The aim was to test whether cataract is associated with higher lifetime exposure to sunlight, and whether antioxidants protect against cataract. DESIGN This was a cross sectional survey of eye disease, with assessment of antioxidant status in a subgroup. SETTING Hong Kong fishing communities in 1989. PARTICIPANTS 685 men and women aged 55 to 74 years old were included in ...