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. 2017 Feb 1;23(2):113–118. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0034

Table 5.

Studies Reporting Other Ocular Disease as Part of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Study Using Telemedicine

  CURRENT STUDY OWSLEY ET AL.8 CAVALLERANO ET AL.9 MASSIN ET AL.10 JIVRAJ ET AL.11
  53% White 62% AA        
Primary Ethnicity 18% AA 15% Hispanic Race not reported French Northwest Cameroon
  17% AI/AN 12% White        
  51.1 54.4 63.2 59.9 54.2
Average age Per eye Per person Per person Per eye Per person Per eye Per eye unless specified
Diabetic retinopathy
 Total diabetic retinopathy 17.4% (143/820) 24.5% (104/424) 21.7% (NRa) 26.8% (327/1219) 30.5% (207/679) 18.0% (91/506) 22.7% (197/868 persons)
 Mild nonproliferative 13.9% (114/820) 18.4% (78/424)   18.8% (229/1219) 20.8% (141/679) 10.2% (52/506) NR
 Moderate nonproliferative 3.2% (26/820) 4.0% (17/424)   4.2% (51/1219) 5.5% (37/679) 5.3% (27/506) NR
 Severe nonproliferative 0.00% Different definition used 2.7% (33/1219) 2.7% (18/679) 0% NR
 Proliferative 1.6% (13/820) 2.1% (9/424)   1.1% (14/1219) 1.6% (11/679) 2.4% (12/506) 0.2% (2/868 persons)
Cataract   NR 30.7% (581/1894) 30.7% (749/2437) 58.2% (395/679) NR 29.6% (150/506)
Hypertensive retinopathy   NR 16.7% (316/1894) 1.3% (32/2437) 3.0% (20/679) 0.1% (2/1819) NR
Cotton-wool spots   NR 11.1% (211/1894) NR NR NR NR
Glaucoma suspect 6.8% (56/820) 10.4% (44/424) 10.4% (197/1894) 9.6% (233/2437) 22.4% (152/679) 0.2% (3/1819) 3.6% (18/506)
ARMD (or macular drusen/RPE changes) 3.8% (31/820) 2.8% (12/424) 9.2% (174/1894) 5.6% (136/2437) 3.8% (26/679) 0.2% (3/1819) 2.2% (11/506)
Pterygium   NR 4.8% (90/1894) 0.5% (14/2437) 1.8% (12/679) NR 1.2% (6/506)
Nevus 0.4% (3/820) 0.7% (3/424) 0.6% (11/1894) NR (reported along with other lesions) NR (reported along with other lesions) NR NR
Vascular occlusion 0.2% (2/820) 0.5% (2/424) ≤0.26% (≤5/1894) 0.3% (7/2437) 0.9% (6/679) NR 1.6% (8/506)
Epiretinal membrane 0.2% (2/820) 0.5% (2/424) ≤0.26% (≤5/1894) 1.4% (35/2437) 4.7% (32/679) NR NR
Chorioretinal scar/atrophy 0.1% (1/820) 0.2% (1/420) ≤0.26% (≤5/1894) 0.6% (14/2437) 2.1% (14/679) NR NR
Retinal detachment   NR NR 0.04% (1/2437) 0.2% (1/679) NR 0.6% (3/506)

NR, not reported; RPE, retinal pigment epithelium.