Sex-specific associations of prenatal Chinese famine exposure with cataract risk at age sixty: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Age-related cataract (ARC) is among the most common blinding eye disorders among the elderly. Prenatal nutrition may cause irreversible damage to the development of the ocular crystalline lens. Nevertheless, the potential association between prenatal malnutrition and age-related cataract has not been thoroughly examined.