Causes of visual disability among Central Africans with diabetes mellitus

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-197

  Mvitu Muaka, M ^a   Longo Mbenza, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Diabetic retinopathy; Females; Risk factors; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864364059     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i2.18     Document Type: Article

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