Comment on: Comparison of serum sodium and potassium levels in patients with senile cataract and age-matched individuals without cataract
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Sir, We read with great interest the study by Mathur and Pai[1] entitled, “Comparison of serum sodium and potassium levels in patients with senile cataract and age‐matched individuals without cataract,” in which the authors showed that higher serum sodium level is associated with increased risk of senile cataract. We believe that the authors should be congratulated for the great work as the results suggested that high sodium intake could be a risk factor of senile cataract, and underlined the importance of low salt diet, which is in accordance with a recent study on a large population in Korea.[2]
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