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- Title
Prevalence and progression of visual impairment in patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes: a 6-year follow up study.
- Authors
de Fine Olivarius, Niels; Siersma, Volkert; Almind, Gitte Juul; Nielsen, Niels Vesti
- Abstract
Many diabetic patients fear visual loss as the worst consequence of diabetes. In most studies the main eye pathology is assigned as the cause of visual impairment. This study analysed a broad range of possible ocular and non-ocular predictors of visual impairment prospectively in patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2011, Vol 11, p80
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-11-80