Prevalence and Cardiovascular Associations of Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age. The purpose of this paper is to report the prevalence and cardiovascular associations of diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy (DMac) in Germany.The Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) is a population-based study with 15,0...

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Main Authors: Philipp Raum, Julia Lamparter, Katharina A Ponto, Tunde Peto, René Hoehn, Andreas Schulz, Astrid Schneider, Philipp S Wild, Norbert Pfeiffer, Alireza Mirshahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4468098?pdf=render