Hispanic/Latino Americans
Undiagnosed Diabetes and Related Eye Disease in Mexican-Americans--A Call for Increased Detection
A research study of the Mexican-American population over age 40 found that the rate of diabetes in this group is 20 percent–almost twice that of non-Hispanic Whites–and that 15 percent of those with diabetes did not know that they had the disease...
La diabetes no diagnosticada y las enfermedades de la vista que ésta ocasiona en la población de origen mexicano en los Estados Unidos exigen mejorar la detección
Un estudio realizado en un grupo de mexicano-estadounidenses de 40 años o más determinó que la tasa de diabetes en este grupo es del 20 por ciento (tasa casi dos veces mayor que la correspondiente a blancos no hispanos) y que el 15 por ciento de...
U.S. Latinos Have High Rates of Developing Vision Loss and Certain Eye Conditions
Los Angeles Latino Eye Study is First to Track Eye Disease Incidence in Latino Population
Embargoed for ReleaseSaturday, May 1, 201012:01 a.m. ET
Spanish news release and study description available at...
Los latinos en los Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) tienen indices elevados de perdida de vision y ciertos trastornos de los ojos
English news release and study description available at http://www.nei.nih.gov/latinoeyestudy/.
Los investigadores determinaron que los latinos presentan mayores índices de deterioro...
National Institutes of Health releases data from largest pediatric eye study
About 4 percent of preschoolers have myopia (nearsightedness), 21 percent have hyperopia (farsightedness), and 10 percent have astigmatism (irregular curvature of the eye), according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The...
Statement on the Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration Among Hispanic/Latino Americans
A new study projects that nearly half of all adult Hispanic/Latino individuals in the United States with diabetes have some type of diabetic retinopathy, a degenerative disease affecting vision. Generally, the longer the duration of their...
Statement on the Prevalence of Visual Impairment and How it Affects Quality of Life Among Hispanic/Latino Americans
A new study reports that Hispanic/Latino individuals in the United States have higher rates of visual impairment and blindness than members of other ethnic groups. This is especially true of those who are older, unemployed, divorced or widowed,...
Prevalence of Glaucoma in Mexican-Americans
Researchers report that the overall prevalence of glaucoma in Mexican-Americans is between reported rates for Blacks and Whites. In addition, with increasing age, the rate of glaucoma rises more quickly in Mexican-Americans than previously...