Is the risk of diabetic retinopathy greater in non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican Americans than in non-Hispanic whites with type 2 diabetes? A U.S. population study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1230-1235

  Harris, Maureen I ^a,e   Klein, Ronald ^d   Cowie, Catherine C ^a   Rowland, Michael ^c   Byrd Holt, Danita D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031905060     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.8.1230     Document Type: Article

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