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Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in persons with diabetes mellitus according to age and gender
Diabetic retinopathy was defined as the presence of 1 or more retinal microaneurysm or retinal blot hemorrhages with or without more severe lesions (hard exudates, soft exudates, intraretinal microvascular abnormalities, venous bleeding, retinal new vessels, and fibroproliferations).
No = number of participants; Prev = prevalence; SE = standard error.
