Prevalence and Associated Risk Indicators of Retinopathy in a Rural Bangladeshi Population with and without Diabetes

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 220-227

  Akhter, Afroza ^a   Fatema, Kaniz ^a   Ahmed, Sayed Foysal ^b   Afroz, Afsana ^a   Ali, Liaquat ^c   Hussain, Akhtar ^d  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences BIHS   (Bangladesh)

^b BIHS   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Glucose metabolism; Prevalence; Retinopathy; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880558460     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2013.809770     Document Type: Article

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