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Diabetic Eye Disorder is Common
(August 11, 2010) - Diabetes (Read about "Diabetes") has many complications, including damage to your eyesight. Nearly 30 percent of U.S. adults with diabetes over the age of 40 are estimated to have diabetic retinopathy, with about 4 percent of this population having vision-threatening retinopathy, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Diabetic retinopathy (damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus) is the leading cause of new cases of legal blindness among adults 20 to 74 years of age in the United States. Diabetes-related blindness costs the United States approximately $500 million annually, according to background information in the article.
The study involved over 1000 people. The researchers found that over three years the estimated prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy was 28.5 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, among persons with diabetes ages 40 years and older. Approximately 31.6 percent of men and 25.7 percent of women with diabetes had diabetic retinopathy.
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