Yuka Sugihara, Yoshihiro Takamura, Yutaka Yamada, Masakazu Morioka, Makoto Gozawa, Kumiko Kato, Takao Hirano, Fumiko Murao, Miho Shimizu, Sentaro Kusuhara, Tomoya Murakami, Yuki Takenaka, Naoko Okabe, Tatsuya Jujo, Hiroto Terasaki, Daisuke Nagasato, Zhenyu Dong, Shigeo Yoshida, Shuntaro Ogura, Kanako Yasuda, Gaku Ishigooka, Osamu Sawada, Fumiaki Higashijima, Masaru Inatani
AIMS/INTRODUCTION: To conduct a multicenter survey of visually impaired patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and to identify the physical and ocular characteristics that lead to blindness in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Visually impaired patients with diabetes mellitus in Japan were divided into blind and low-vision groups according to the World Health Organization classification. Data on parameters related to diabetes mellitus and ocular complications in the right and left eyes were collected from 19 highly advanced medical facilities and compared between the two groups...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Diabetes Investigation