“The Burden of and Factors Associated with Age-Related Eye Diseases in Arab American Adults”

The Arab American Eye Study is a multicenter retrospective chart review involving ten years of electronic medical records (1/1/2010 through 1/1/2020). The study sample included 1,390 Arab Americans and 4,950 whites 45 years of age and older, totaling 6,340 subjects. Arab Americans were identified using an Arab American name algorithm. Subjects with race variables other than white or Arab American or those under age 45 were excluded from the study. Age- and sex-adjusted proportions of cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and macular degeneration were determined. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to examine the association between race/ethnicity and eye diseases