Charles Rotimi, Harold Daniel, Jie Zhou, Augustine Obisesan, Guanjie Chen, Yuanxiu Chen, Albert Amoah, Victoria Opoku, Joseph Acheampong, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Benjamin Ackon Eghan, Johnnie Oli, Godfrey Okafor, Ester Ofoegbu, Babatunde Osotimehin, Fayeofori Abbiyesuku, Thomas Johnson, Olufemi Fasanmade, Ayo Doumatey, Temilolu Aje, Francis Collins, Georgia Dunston
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the prevalence of, and risk factors for, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts in patients with type 2 diabetes, and their spouse controls, enrolled from 5 centers in 2 West African countries (Ghana and Nigeria). METHOD: The analysis cohort was made up of 840 subjects with type 2 diabetes, and their 191 unaffected spouse controls, who were enrolled and examined in Lagos, Enugu, and Ibadan, in Nigeria, and in Accra and Kumasi, in Ghana. A diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy was made only where a participant had a minimum of one microaneurysm in any field, as well as exhibiting hemorrhages (dot, blot, or flame shaped), and maculopathy (with or without clinically significant edema)...
2003: Ethnicity & Disease