Prevalence and associated factors of lens opacities among Chinese type 2 diabetics in Kinmen, Taiwan

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Chen, Shih Jen ^a,b   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a,b,c   Shih, Hui Chuan ^d   Chou, Pesus ^a   Tsai, Ching Yao ^a,e   Tung, Tao Hsin ^a,c,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Community based study; Lens opacity; Prevalence; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYDRIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 39049156307     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-007-0012-9     Document Type: Article

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