Prevalence, risk factors for diabetic macular edema explored in study

Saturday, August 16, 2014 - 05:01 in Health & Medicine

The odds of having diabetic macular edema, a leading cause of vision loss in patients with diabetes mellitus, appears to be higher in non-Hispanic black patients than white patients, as well as in those individuals who have had diabetes longer and have higher levels of hemoglobin A1c.

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