Low prevalence of retinopathy among Greenland Inuit
| Autor: | Trine Louise Jul Larsen, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Henrik Lund-Andersen, Marianne Valerius, Ellen Juul, Stine Byberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2242-3982 22423982 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/22423982.2021.1938420 |
| Popis: | To assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among persons with diabetes and prediabetes participating in the 2018 Population Health Survey in Greenland (B2018), a follow-up survey of three previous health surveys. Participants were invited to a diabetes complication screening. We assessed the prevalence of DR using Optos Daytona Ultra-wide field fundus camera and assessed differences in prevalence according to demographic and clinical characteristics using chi square test and a t-test and assessed DR based on ethnicity. The overall prevalence of DR was 2% (10/483). Among participants with HbA1c ≥48 mmol/mol (6.5%) DR prevalence was 9% (9/91), compared with |
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