Diabetes doubles chance of developing cataract 

People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop cataract as the general population, according to a new study published in the journal, Eye.

Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University, analysed medical records from 56,510 UK-based diabetes patients aged 40 or over and found cataract was diagnosed at an overall rate of 20.4 per 1,000 people. This compares to a rate in the general population of 10.8 per 1,000.

Diabetics aged between 45 and 54 were considerably more likely than non-sufferers to develop cataract. Those diabetic patients aged between 45 and 49 were 4.6 times more likely and diabetics aged between 50 and 54 were 5.7 times more at risk than healthy counterparts.