The prevalence of blindness and low vision in older onset diabetes mellitus and associated factors: A community-based study

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 298-305

  Idil, Aysun ^a   Caliskan, D ^a   Ocaktan, E ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic retinopathy; Legal blindness; Low vision; Older onset

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 4143123243     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210401400404     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Foulds WS, McCuish A, Barie T, et al. Diabetic retinopathy in the west of Scotland: its detection and prevalence, and the cost-effectiveness of a proposed screening programme. Health Bull (Edinb) 1983; 41: 318-26.
2. Blankenship GW, Skyler JS. Diabetic retinopathy; a general survey. Diabetes Care 1978; 1: 127-37.
3. Foster A, Johnson GJ. Magnitude and causes of blindness in the developing world. Int Ophthalmol 1990; 14: 135-40.
4. Klein R, Klein BEK. Vision disorders in diabetes. In: Hamman R, Harris MWH, eds. Diabetes in America, U.S. Public Health Service NIH Pub. No. 85-1468. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 1983: 1-36.
5. Sjöleie AK. Eye diseases. In: Williams DRR, Papoz L, Fuller JH, eds. Diabetes in Europe. London: John Libbey; 1994: 61-71.
6. Kahn HA, Hiller R. Blindness caused by diabetic retinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol 1974; 78: 58-67.
7. Palmberg PF. Diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes 1977; 26: 703-9.
8. Sjölie AK, Green A. Blindness in insulin-treated diabetic patients with age at onset < 30 years. J Chron Dis 1987; 40: 215-20.
9. Kohner EM, Porta M, eds. Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in Europe: A Field Guide-Book. Copenhagen: WHO, Regional Office for Europe; 1992: 1-25.
10. Klein R, Klein BEK, Moss SE. Low vision in diabetes. Ophthalmology 1984; 91: 1-9.
11. Leibowitz HM, Krueger DE, Maunder LR, et al. The Framingham Eye Study monograph: an ophthalmological and epidemiological study of cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and visual acuity in a general population of 2631 adults, 1973-1975. Surv Ophthalmol 1980; 24 (Suppl): S 335-610.
12. Nielsen NV. The prevalence and causes of impaired vision in diabetics, an epidemiological study of diabetes mellitus on the Island of Falster, Denmark. Acta Ophthalmol 1982; 60: 677-91.
13. Aiello LM, Rand LI, Briones JC, et al. Diabetic retinopathy in Joslin Clinic patients with adult-onset diabetes. Ophthalmology 1981; 88: 619-23.
14. Patz A, Berkow JW. Visual and systemic prognosis in diabetic retinopathy. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1968; 72: 253-8.
15. Klein R, Klein BEK, Moss SE. The Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy: an update. Aust NZ J Ophthalmol 1990; 18: 19-22.
16. Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis A, et al. Incidence of diabetic retinopathy in the Barbados eye study. Ophthalmology 2003; 110: 941-7.
17. Mitchell P, Smith W, Wang JJ, Attebo K. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in an older community: The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology 1998; 105: 406-11.
18. United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Groups. Intensive blood-glucose control with sulfonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33). Lancet 1998; 352: 837-53.
19. Moss SE, Klein R, Klein BEK. The 14 years incidence of visual loss in a diabetic population. Ophthalmology 1998; 105: 998-1003.
20. Solberg Y, Rosner M, Belkin M. The association between cigarette smoking and ocular disease. Surv Ophthalmol 1998; 42: 535-47.
21. Klein R, Klein BEK, Moss SE, et al. The Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy, III. Prevalence and risk of diabetic retinopathy when age at diagnosis is 30 or more years. Arch Ophthalmol 1984; 102: 527-32.
22. Jerneld B. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, a population study from the Swedish Island. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) 1988; 188: 3-32.
23. Mouton DP, Gill AJ. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and evaluation of risk factors. A review of 1005 diabetic clinic patients. S Afr Med J 1988; 74: 399-402.
24. Kohner EM, Barry PJ. Prevention of blindness in diabetic retinopathy. Diabetologica 1984; 26: 173-9.
25. Rohan TE, Frost CD, Wald NJ. Prevention of blindness by screening for diabetic retinopathy: a quantitative assessment. Br J Med 1989; 299: 1198-201.
26. Javitt JC, Canner JK, Sommer A. Cost-effectiveness of current approaches to the control of retinopathy in type I diabetes. Ophthalmology 1989; 96: 255-64.
27. Porta M. Diabetic eye disease, a preventable cause of blindness. Diabetologia 1990; 10: 27-31.