Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the global prevalence and major risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) among people with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A pooled analysis using individual participant data from population-based studies around the world was performed. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify all population-based studies in general populations or individuals with diabetes who had ascertained DR from retinal photographs. Studies provided data for DR end points, including any DR, proliferative DR, diabetic macular edema, and VTDR, and also major systemic risk factors. Pooled prevalence estimates were directly age-standardized to the 2010 World Diabetes Population aged 20-79 years. RESULTS: A total of 35 studies (1980-2008) provided data from 22,896 individuals with diabetes. The overall prevalence was 34.6% (95% CI 34.5-34.8) for any DR, 6.96% (6.87-7.04) for proliferative DR, 6.81% (6.74-6.89) for diabetic macular edema, and 10.2% (10.1-10.3) for VTDR. All DR prevalence end points increased with diabetes duration, hemoglobin A(1c), and blood pressure levels and were higher in people with type 1 compared with type 2 diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: There are approximately 93 million people with DR, 17 million with proliferative DR, 21 million with diabetic macular edema, and 28 million with VTDR worldwide. Longer diabetes duration and poorer glycemic and blood pressure control are strongly associated with DR. These data highlight the substantial worldwide public health burden of DR and the importance of modifiable risk factors in its occurrence. This study is limited by data pooled from studies at different time points, with different methodologies and population characteristics.
Source: Diabetes Care
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1909
Authors: Joanne W.Y. Yau, Sophie L. Rogers, Ryo Kawasaki, Ecosse L. Lamoureux, Jonathan W. Kowalski, Toke Bek, Shih-Jen Chen, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Astrid Fletcher, Jakob Grauslund, Steven Haffner, Richard F. Hamman, M. Kamran Ikram, Takamasa Kayama, Barbara E.K. Klein, Ronald Klein, Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, Korapat Mayurasakorn, Joseph P. O’Hare, Trevor J. Orchard, Massimo Porta, Mohan Rema, Monique S. Roy, Tarun Sharma, Jonathan Shaw, Hugh Taylor, James M. Tielsch, Rohit Varma, Jie Jin Wang, Ningli Wang, Sheila West, Liang Xu, Miho Yasuda, Xinzhi Zhang, Paul Mitchell, Tien Y. Wong, for the Meta-Analysis for Eye Disease (META-EYE) Study Group
Institutions: The University of Melbourne, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Allergan (United States), Aarhus University Hospital, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Colorado School of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Yamagata University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Samut Sakhon Hospital, University of Warwick, University of Pittsburgh, University of Turin, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Sankara Nethralaya, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Johns Hopkins University, University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute, The University of Sydney, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kyushu University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National University of Singapore
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2138480916