Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1990;30(5):699-707.
doi: 10.1016/0042-6989(90)90096-4.

The intraocular straylight function in 129 healthy volunteers; dependence on angle, age and pigmentation

J K IJspeert  1 , P W de Waard, T J van den Berg, P T de Jong
Affiliations
Free article

The intraocular straylight function in 129 healthy volunteers; dependence on angle, age and pigmentation

J K IJspeert et al. Vision Res. 1990.
Free article

Abstract

The direct compensation method allows for an accurate (standard deviation below 0.05 log unit) determination of intraocular light scattering between 3.5 and 25 deg of scattering angle and is suitable for untrained subjects. The method was used to study population behaviour and individual variation in 129 volunteers between 20 and 82 yr of age, visual acuity equal to or better than one and no apparent eye pathology. The results indicate straylight to increase with the 4th power of age, doubling at 70. In addition to the age dependence, there was great variation between individuals. Part of this is due to negative correlation with pigmentation.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources