Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence in Estimating Best-Corrected Visual Acuity From Fundus Photographs in Eyes With Diabetic Macular Edema

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Abstract
In 2014, approximately 19.8 million individuals in the United States 40 years or older had diabetes.1 Among these individuals, about 14.3 million had diabetes without diabetic retinopathy (including absence of diabetic macular edema [DME]), 4.7 million had diabetic retinopathy without DME, and approximately 746 000 had DME.1 Extrapolating these numbers to the estimated 396 million individuals 40 years or older with diabetes worldwide in 20192 suggests that 381.8 million have diabetic retinopathy without DME and 14.2 million have DME.