AIMS To compare the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in people of various ethnic groups with diabetes in the United Kingdom (UK). METHODS The Diabetic Retinopathy In Various Ethnic groups in UK (DRIVE UK) Study is a cross-sectional study on the ethnic variations of the prevalence of DR and visual impairment in two multi-racial cohorts in the UK. People on the diabetes register in West ...

Smart healthcare has changed the way how patient interacts with specialists for treatment. However, security and support various diseases are still concern such smart automated systems. One of critical namely Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), is a major person prolonged diabetes may lead to complete blindness irrespective age groups. Moreover, in recent years blockchain gained popularity providing sec...

OBJECTIVE Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is linked to cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients. This study examined whether mild-stage DR is associated with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in type 2 diabetic patients of the Japan Diabetes Complications Study (JDCS). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS In the JDCS, there were 2033 Japanese persons with type 2 diabetes fr...

AIM To present the rationale, design, methodology, and the baseline data of the Beijing Desheng Diabetic Eye Study (BDDES), and to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and possible risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in an urban community of Beijing, China. METHODS Community-based prospective cohort study of persons diagnosed with T2DM aged 30y or ol...

AIMS/BACKGROUND A hospital based prevalence study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus after the age of 70 years. The prevalence of visually threatening retinopathy at the time of diagnosis of diabetes was also determined. The association between prevalence of DR and duration of diabetes mellitus, mode of treatm...

purpose: to determine the correlation between presumed risk factors and diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus (dm). methods: this descriptive analytical study was performed on medical records of patients with type ii dm referred to a diabetes clinic in birjand valiasr hospital from september 2006 to september 2007. parameters included age, sex, duration of dm, typ...

In spite of all advances in the understanding of chronic diabetic complications, diabetic retinopathy remains a significant clinical problem. The pathogenetic mechanisms leading to the development of diabetic retinopathy is indeed complex. Multiple interactive mechanisms may come into play leading to cellular damage and adaptive changes leading to the development of this devastating complicatio...

The prevalence of diabetes in developing countries is on the increase and along with it the need to provide structured care to avoid the feared long term complications among them loss of vision and blindness due to diabetic retinopathy (DR). The biggest hurdle facing most developing countries is the lack of resources and trained manpower to both screen and treat the large number of people with ...

This paper addresses the problem of identifying two main types lesions—Exudates and Microaneurysms—caused by Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) in eyes diabetic patients. We make use Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) Transfer Learning to locate generate high-quality segmentation mask for each instance lesion that can be found patients’ fundus images. create our normalized database out e-ophtha EX MA ...

BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important complication of diabetes and is considered one of the main causes of blindness in moderate-income and highly-developed countries. As it is a major socioeconomic problem, defining all mechanisms that may lead to DR development is of great importance. In the 21st century diabetic lesions occurring in the retina are well known. However what kind...