Black-white differences in risk of developing retinopathy among individuals with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 779-783

  Harris, Emily L ^a,b,f   Sherman, Steven H ^b,c   Georgopoulos, Angeliki ^b,d,e  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032945301     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.22.5.779     Document Type: Article

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