Race, ethnicity underreported in leading ophthalmology journals

Only 43% of full-length human studies published in 2019 in three ophthalmology journals reported race and/or ethnicity data, suggesting the need for researchers to increase reporting of racial and ethnic demographic information.
The cross-sectional study evaluated the frequency and use of racial and ethnic data in all full-length human studies published in 2019 in American Journal of Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology and Ophthalmology.
“Race and ethnic information were relatively underreported in our leading ophthalmology journals in 2019. While other background information such as age

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