Cataract was the principle cause of visual impairment and blindness in Shanghai residents with type 2 diabetes

Acta Ophthalmol. 2016 May;94(3):e246-7. doi: 10.1111/aos.12930. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Authors

Xian Xu^{1

2}, Jiangnan He¹, Xun Xu^{1

2}, Xuan Du², Xuelin Bai³, Bo Zhang¹, Xiangui He¹, Lina Lu¹, Jianfeng Zhu¹, Haidong Zou^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventative Ophthalmology, Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
³ Xinjing Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 26648571
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12930

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blindness / epidemiology*
Cataract / epidemiology*
China / epidemiology
Cluster Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Vision, Low / epidemiology*
Visually Impaired Persons / statistics & numerical data*