The Impact of African Caribbean Heritage on the Development of Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy in a Multiethnic Cohort of People With Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to identify risk factors for sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) in a multiethnic cohort of type 2 diabetes attending a surveillance digital diabetes eye screening service in South London between 2004 and 2018.

Research design and methods

A total of 8,529 people who had no retinopathy at baseline were included in this analysis. Female participants made up 49% of the cohort, 38% were White Caucasian, 43.4% were African Caribbean, and 18.6% were of other racial/ethnic groups. STDR was defined as the presence of any moderate to severe nonproliferative or preproliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or maculopathy in either eye, per U.K. National Diabetic Eye Screening criteria. Multivariable analyses with STDR as the

SUBMITTER: Stathi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12635894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature