Original Research
Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy
- Joanne W.Y. Yau, MBBS1,
- Sophie L. Rogers, MEPID1,
- Ryo Kawasaki, PHD1,
- Ecosse L. Lamoureux, PHD1,2,
- Jonathan W. Kowalski, PHARMD3,
- Toke Bek, PHD4,
- Shih-Jen Chen, PHD5,
- Jacqueline M. Dekker, PHD6,
- Astrid Fletcher, PHD7,
- Jakob Grauslund, MD8,
- Steven Haffner, PHD9,
- Richard F. Hamman, PHD10,
- M. Kamran Ikram, PHD11,
- Takamasa Kayama, MD12,
- Barbara E.K. Klein, PHD13,
- Ronald Klein, PHD13,
- Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, MD14,
- Korapat Mayurasakorn, MD15,
- Joseph P. O’Hare, MD16,
- Trevor J. Orchard, MD17,
- Massimo Porta, PHD18,
- Mohan Rema, MD19,
- Monique S. Roy, MD20,
- Tarun Sharma, MD21,
- Jonathan Shaw, PHD22,
- Hugh Taylor, AC23,
- James M. Tielsch, PHD24,
- Rohit Varma, MD25,
- Jie Jin Wang, PHD26,
- Ningli Wang, MD27,
- Sheila West, PHD28,
- Liang Xu, PHD29,
- Miho Yasuda, PHD30,
- Xinzhi Zhang, PHD31,
- Paul Mitchell, PHD26,
- Tien Y. Wong, PHD1,2,32⇓ and
- for the Meta-Analysis for Eye Disease (META-EYE) Study Group*
- 1Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- 3Global Health Outcomes Strategy and Research, Allergan Inc., Irvine, California
- 4Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- 5Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 6Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 7Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K.
- 8Department of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- 9Shavano Park, Texas
- 10Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado
- 11Departments of Epidemiology and Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 12National Cancer Center/Department of Neurosurgery, Advanced Molecular Epidemiology Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
- 13Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- 14Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
- 15Department of Social Medicine, Samutsakhon General Hospital, Samutsakhon, Thailand
- 16Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.
- 17Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 18Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- 19Department of Ophthalmology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India
- 20Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
- 21Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- 22Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 23Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 24Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- 25Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- 26Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 27Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- 28Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
- 29Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- 30Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- 31Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
- 32Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Corresponding author: Tien Y. Wong, ophwty{at}nus.edu.sg.

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Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy
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
Diabetes Care Mar 2012, 35 (3) 556-564; DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1909
Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy
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
Diabetes Care Mar 2012, 35 (3) 556-564; DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1909