Diabetic retinopathy affects 4.2
million people in the United States and is the leading cause of blindness in Working-aged
people.
As the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise, cost-effective
interventions to decrease blindness from diabetic retinopathy will be
paramount. While HbA1c and duration of disease are known risk factors, they account for only 11% of the risk of developing micro vascular complications from the disease. The assessment of environmental risk factors for diabetic eye
disease allows for the determination of modifiable population-level challenges
that may be addressed to facilitate the end of blindness from diabetes.
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