Diabetic maculopathy in a Jamaican population.
Maculopathy is the commonest cause of severe visual loss from diabetic retinopathy in Jamaica [5]. Ophthalmic assessment of 158 black Jamaican maturity onset diabetics referred randomly from the primary and secondary health centres, demonstrated maculopathy in 48% of patients. Duration of diabetes was a strong risk factor for maculopathy (p less than 0.001). Poor compliance with diabetic and hypertensive therapy may influence the prevalence of maculopathy.
Moriarty
B J
BJ
Medical Research Council Laboratories, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Dunn
D T
DT
Moriarty
A P
AP
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011897:Random Allocation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity