What’s Race Got to Do With It??

What’s Race Got to Do With It??
While each patient is an individual, racial differences exist for certain eye conditions and knowing these differences affects diagnosis and treatment. For example, some forms of glaucoma (primary open angle) is up to 4.3 times more prevalent in blacks compared to whites. In addition, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is twice as high in blacks and Mexican-Americans than in non-Hispanic whites.