Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-analysis From 1990 to 2010

L Leasher, Janet; Bourne, Rupert; Flaxman, Seth; B. Jonas, Jost; Keeffe, Jill; Naidoo, Kovin; Pesudovs, Konrad; Price, Holly; White, Richard; Yin Wong, Tien; Resnikoff, Serge; R. Taylor, Hugh; behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, on

doi:10.2337/dc15-2171

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Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-analysis From 1990 to 2010

Published in Diabetes Care • Aug 11, 2016

Authors:

Janet L Leasher

Rupert Bourne

Seth Flaxman

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate global and regional trends from 1990 to 2010 of the prevalence and number of persons visually impaired specifically by diabetic retinopathy (DR), as a complication of the precipitous trends in global diabetes, is fundamental for health planning purposes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND ME...

Subject

Medicine

Diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes mellitus

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