NIDDK Central Repository - Comparison of digital and film grading of diabetic retinopathy severity in the diabetes control and complications trial/epidemiology of diabetes interventions and complications study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.136

PubMed ID

21670338

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53717-0568, USA. hubbard@rc.opth.wisc.edu

Authors

Aiello LP, Cleary PA, Danis RP, Davis MD, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study Research Group, Hainsworth DP, Hubbard LD, Peng Q, Sun W, Susman RA

Studies

DCCT

Citation

Hubbard LD, Sun W, Cleary PA, Danis RP, Hainsworth DP, Peng Q, Susman RA, Aiello LP, Davis MD, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study Research Group. Comparison of digital and film grading of diabetic retinopathy severity in the diabetes control and complications trial/epidemiology of diabetes interventions and complications study. Arch Ophthalmol 2011 Jun;129(6):718-26.

Abstract

To compare diabetic retinopathy (DR) severity as evaluated by digital and film images in a long-term multicenter study, as the obsolescence of film forced the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (DCCT/EDIC) to transition to digital after 25 years.