BACKGROUND The aim of this study was assessment of predictive factors of diabetic retinopathy. METHODS A cross-sectional study was designed by recruiting 1228 type 2 diabetic patients from a diabetes referral clinic over a six-month period (from July to December, 2012). Diabetes risk factors, complications, laboratory results have been recorded. RESULTS Of the 1228 diabetic patients (54% wo...

Diabetes adversely affects the visual status of elderly persons, lowering their quality of life. Since the incidence of diabetes is increasing in urban Nepal, the present study investigated the ocular status in 128 diabetes patients. The ocular complications of diabetes mellitus are numerous including retinopathy, cataract and others. The ocular evaluations were done including visual acuity, re...

SCREENING FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY — Diabetic retinopathy is a highly specific vascular complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of retinopathy is strongly related to the duration of diabetes. After 20 years of diabetes, nearly all patients with type 1 diabetes and 60% of patients with type 2 diabetes have some degree of retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy poses a serious t...

SCREENING FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY Diabetic retinopathy is a highly specific vascular complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of retinopathy is strongly related to the duration of diabetes. After 20 years of diabetes, nearly all patients with type 1 diabetes and >60% of patients with type 2 diabetes have some degree of retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy poses a serious th...

OBJECTIVE Diabetic nephropathy clusters in families, suggesting that genetic factors play a role in its pathogenesis. We investigated whether similar clustering exists for proliferative retinopathy in families with two or more siblings with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The FinnDiane Study has characterized 20% (4,800 patients) of adults with type 1 diabetes in Finland. In 188 ...

OBJECTIVE To re-evaluate the relationship between glycemia and diabetic retinopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a data-pooling analysis of nine studies from five countries with 44,623 participants aged 20-79 years with gradable retinal photographs. The relationship between diabetes-specific retinopathy (defined as moderate or more severe retinopathy) and three glycemic measures ...

diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the world. strict control of blood sugar, blood pressure, laser therapy, pharmacotherapy and vitrectomy are of among common diabetic retinopathy treatments. further studies to investigate the effect of protein kinase c inhibitors, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, growth hormone and other proposed treatments for diabetic retinopa...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a health concern which leads to complications such as retinopathy. Pakistan has 6.9 million people living with DM and this toll will be doubled by 2025. Objective: To determine serum IL-6 and IL-17 of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with retinopathy. Methods: In this cross-sectional casecontrol study, 212 subjects enrolled which were categorized in...

OBJECTIVE The study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy in a rural population of South India. DESIGN A population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS 13 079 participants were enumerated. METHODS A multistage cluster sampling method was used. All eligible participants underwent comprehensive eye examination. The fundi of all pat...

BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an emerging multisystem disease, has the similar pathogenesis with diabetes and is prevalent in diabetes. This study investigated whether NAFLD is associated with retinopathy in individuals with diabetes and without diabetes. METHODS The association between NAFLD and retinopathy was investigated in 5963 participants aged 40 years and older ...