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Diabetic maculopathy in a Jamaican population

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Maculopathy is the commonest cause of severe visual loss from diabetic retinopathy in Jamaica [5]. Ophthalmic assessment of 158 black Jamaican maturity onset diabetics referred randomly from the primary and secondary health centres, demonstrated maculopathy in 48% of patients. Duration of diabetes was a strong risk factor for maculopathy (p<0.001). Poor compliance with diabetic and hypertensive therapy may influence the prevalence of maculopathy.

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  1. Medical Research Council Laboratories, University of the West Indies, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, W.I.

    B. J. Moriarty, D. T. Dunn & A. P. Moriarty

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Moriarty, B.J., Dunn, D.T. & Moriarty, A.P. Diabetic maculopathy in a Jamaican population. Int Ophthalmol 13, 301–303 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279865

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