purpose: to evaluate the association between hyperlipidemia with severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type i diabetes mellitus referred to the eye clinic at imam khomeini hospital, ahvaz, iran. methods: this observational cross-sectional study included 52 patients with type i diabetes mellitus. fasting blood samples for analysis of serum lipids and hba1c were obtained from all pati...

Background: Retinopathy is one of chronic complications of diabetes mellitus and is the most common cause of blindness in developed countries between ages 20-70 years old. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of retinopathy and related factors on Iranian population. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study on a population of diabetic patients r...

purpose: to describe the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy (dr) in adults aged 40-80 years in yazd province in 2011. methods: this is a population-based survey on 2,320 urban and rural residents of yazd province. random multi-stage cluster sampling was employed in the survey. diagnosis of diabetes was made upon past medical history and drug history or insulin injection and in ...

introduction: diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness and a fundamental cause of disability in diabetic patients in the world. investigation about the quality of life in these patients can help plan for taking nursing measures to prevent or control the disease and improve patients’ quality of life. objective: this study aimed to determine the quality of life in patients with diabetic...

objective(s):to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the contributions of gst genetic variants to the risk of diabetic retinopathy in an iranian population. therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether sequence variation in glutathione s-transferase gene (gstm1 and gstt1) is associated with development of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2d...

background: diabetes is a common metabolic disorder leading to the development of many complications, among which diabetic retinopathy and macular edema are the most significant. these complications can contribute to blindness if not diagnosed or treated properly, and several studies have been conducted to evaluate the methods for the prevention or slowing down their progression. therefore, ser...

BACKGROUND Population-based data on the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Pakistan are lacking. We determined the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among individuals screened positive for diabetes in five community-based eye camps in northern Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS In summer 2002, five community-based eye camps were set up in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. All individuals aged 30 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of retinopathy in 517 youth with type 2 diabetes of 2-8 years duration enrolled in the TODAY study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Retinal photographs were graded centrally for retinopathy using established standards. RESULTS Retinopathy was identified in 13.7% of subjects. Prevalence increased with age, diabetes duration, and mean HbA1c. Subjects in the h...