Diabetic Retinopathy in Kenya

Steel, Judith; Am, Awan; En, Mngola

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“…In this cross-sectional study the overall prevalence of retinopathy was 39.3 % and of severe retinopathy 13.4 %, comparable to some data from Europe and the USA [5,[20][21][22][23] but higher than in most series from Africa [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Some of the differences may be explained by the disparate methods used for retinal evaluation.…”

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Ethnic differences in the clinical and laboratory associations with retinopathy in adult onset diabetes: studies in patients of African, European and Indian origins

Kalk¹,

Joannou²,

Ntsepo

et al. 1997

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Ethnic differences in the clinical and laboratory associations with retinopathy in adult onset diabetes: studies in patients of African, European and Indian origins

Kalk¹,

Joannou²,

Ntsepo

et al. 1997

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Diabetic retinopathy in Lesotho

Gordon

Mokete

1981

Doc Ophthalmol

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Diabetic retinopathy was found in 47.8% of 153 consecutive diabetic clinic patients examined in Maseru, Lesotho. Background retinopathy was present in 78% of patients with retinopathy, compared with 22% with proliferative changes. While no difference in prevalence of diabetic retinopathy could be demonstrated between the sexes, an association between diabetic retinopathy and hypertension and peripheral neuropathy was observed. The prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy was significantly related to the duration of disease. The pitfalls inherent in comparing the results of the current study with other published reports are considered. Better epidemiological surveys are required to determine the true prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among different racial, ethnic, religious, and tribal groups in Africa.

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Diabetic eye disease in Central Africa

Rolfe

1988

Diabetologia

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Six hundred African diabetic patients were examined using a standardised technique based on the World Health Organisation Multinational Study, in which no country from Africa was represented. Thirty-four percent of patients had retinopathy and 13% were affected by cataract. They were older and the duration of diabetes was longer than patients without retinopathy or cataract. There was no association with glycaemic control. Systolic blood pressure was higher in patients with retinopathy but there was no association with diastolic pressure. Only one patient had proliferative retinopathy and blindness compared to 25 (4.2%) patients blinded by cataract. In Central Africa cataract is a more important cause of blindness and visual disability than retinopathy.

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Diabetic Retinopathy in Kenya

Cited by 4 publications

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Ethnic differences in the clinical and laboratory associations with retinopathy in adult onset diabetes: studies in patients of African, European and Indian origins

Ethnic differences in the clinical and laboratory associations with retinopathy in adult onset diabetes: studies in patients of African, European and Indian origins

Diabetic retinopathy in Lesotho

Diabetic eye disease in Central Africa

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