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Not a clear picture for diabetics

Diabetics are at greater risk of a cataracts and glaucoma as well as astigmatism than non-diabetics, results of a United States study published in the Neu-Isenberg-based German medical journal, Aerzte Zeitung, indicated recently.

Conducted by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia on more than 1,200 diabetics and about 1,200 non-diabetics, the study found that 11 percent of diabetics have limited visual abilities compared to just 6 percent of non-diabetics.