Abraham Olvera-Barrios, Christopher G Owen, John Anderson, Alasdair N Warwick, Ryan Chambers, Louis Bolter, Yue Wu, Roshan Welikala, Jiri Fajtl, Sarah A Barman, Paolo Remagnino, Emily Y Chew, Frederick L Ferris, Aroon D Hingorani, Reecha Sofat, Aaron Y Lee, Catherine Egan, Adnan Tufail, Alicja R Rudnicka
INTRODUCTION: The English Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) offers people living with diabetes (PLD) annual eye screening. We examined incidence and determinants of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) in a sociodemographically diverse multi-ethnic population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: North East London DESP cohort data (January 2012 to December 2021) with 137 591 PLD with no retinopathy, or non-STDR at baseline in one/both eyes, were used to calculate STDR incidence rates by sociodemographic factors, diabetes type, and duration...
November 2023: BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care