Higher prevalence of retinopathy in diabetic patients of south asian ethnicity compared with white Europeans in the community

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-415

  Raymond, Neil T ^a   Barnett, Anthony H ^d   Varadhan, Lakshminarayanan ^b   Kumar, Sudhesh ^a   Reynold, Dilini R ^a   O'Hare, J Paul ^a   Bush, Kate ^c   Sankaranarayanan, Sailesh ^b   Bellary, Srikanth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 64749095075     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1422     Document Type: Article

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