Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Disproportionately Impacts Distressed Communities Near a Northeastern Academic Center.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify the associations between social determinants of health (SDoH) and the progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

Design

Secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study.

Participants

We extracted data from electronic medical records of individuals at the Yale Eye Center or Dana Eye Clinic, ages ≥18 years, who had a documented diagnosis of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) at their first recorded (index) ophthalmology visit within the study period.

Methods

We identified participants with NPDR whose disease progressed to PDR during the study time period. We assigned Distressed Communities Index (DCI) scores using participants' zip codes and created a visualized geographic distribution of scores using ArcGIS. We asses

SUBMITTER: Frimpong AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12395159 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature