People With Type 1 Diabetes of African Caribbean Ethnicity Are at Increased Risk of Developing Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy.
Anastasios MangelisPiyumi WijewickramaAbbeyramei NirmalakumaranNikolaos FountoulakisPrashanth VasLaura WebsterSamantha MannJulian CollinsDavid HopkinsStephen ThomasSalma AyisJanaka KarallieddePublished in: Diabetes care (2023)
We observed that people with type 1 diabetes of African Caribbean ethnicity are at significantly greater risk of STDR. Further research is required to understand the mechanisms that explain this novel observation.