Eye Color May Indicate Risk Prevalence of Disease/Disorder

Aging eye health could be related, or may be associated, with eye color?

A lighter iris has been found to have a higher prevalence of age-related macular degeneration.

A gray iris may indicate "uveitis", and blue, green or gray eyes may have higher risk of uveal melanoma.

Dark brown eyes may have increased risk of cataracts and should particularly be protected from sun exposure. (Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. "Eye Color")

Whatever our eye color, we should (ideally) have eye examinations by an optometrist or ophthalmologist at approximately 1–2 year intervals. Your optometrist may recommend you see an ophthalmologist for "determination beyond the scope of optometry", or you may decide to alternate each cycle in order to ensure medical examinations are being done on a regular basis, in addition to any conceivable concerns you may have at any time of year. Learn more about eye exams and eye doctors via All About Vision.

Human eye cross section by Jmarchn, via Wikimedia & CC BY-SA 3.0

REF:

Wikipedia contributors, "Eye color," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eye_color&oldid=879026757(accessed February 5, 2019).

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