Five‐year incidence of diabetic retinopathy in the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project

Background: The purpose of the present paper was to describe the 5‐year incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project (VIP) cohort.

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