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Table 5 Incidence of diabetic macular edema among diabetic subjects

From: Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema and related vision loss

Author (Year)

Type of study

Location

Type of diabetes

Follow-up time in years

Cumulative incidence, % (95 % CI)

Definition of macular edema

Younis (2003) [46]

Population

United Kingdom

Type 1

6

3.2 (0.8–5.7)

DME

Younis (2003) [50]

Population

United Kingdom

Type 2

6

6.1 (4.4–7.8)

DME

Jones (2012) [52]

Population

United Kingdom

Type 2

10

1.5

DME

Martin-Merino (2012) [47]

Population

United Kingdom

Type 1

9

4.4

DME

Type 2

3.6

DME

Thomas (2012) [49]

Population

United Kingdom

Type 2

4

1.4

DME

Perol (2012) [213]

Hospital

France

Unspecified

3

0

DME

Romero-Aroca (2011) [77]

Hospital

Spain

Type 1

10

11.07

DME

Salinero-Fort (2013) [59]

Population

Spain

Type 2

4

0.01

DME

Klein (1998) [43]

Population

United States of America

Type 1

14

26.1 (22.6–29.6)

DME

17.0 (14.1–19.9)

CSME

Klein (2009) [73]

Population

United States of America

Type 1

25

29

DME

17

CSME

Varma (2010) [54]

Population (Latino)

United States of America

Unspecified

4

5.4 (3.8–7.1)

DME exclusive of CSME

7.2 (5.2–9.1)

CSME

Leske (2006) [57]

Population

Barbados

Types 1 and 2

9

8.7 (5.4–12.0)

CSME

  1. DR diabetic retinopathy, DME diabetic macular edema, CSME clinically significant macular edema, CI confidence interval