New insight into diabetic eye disease finds that Indian Singaporeans more prone to vision loss
Indian Singaporean patients more prone to developing disease and vision loss: Study
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Dr Gavin Tan, a consultant ophthalmologist with SNEC's surgical retina department, demonstrating how laser treatment can be used for a patient's diabetic eye disease.
ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
Felicia Choo
Indian Singaporeans with diabetes have a higher chance of developing diabetic eye disease and vision loss compared with their Chinese and Malay counterparts, a local study has found.
This was even after accounting for risk factors for the disease, such as how well patients controlled their blood sugar level and blood pressure, and how long they have had diabetes for.