Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in a tertiary care centre in south india.

Dr Ali Akbar P; Dr Prathvi Nandalike

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in a tertiary care centre in south india.

Dr Ali Akbar P, Dr Prathvi Nandalike

Abstract :

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in a tertiary care centre in south india. The study was conducted on patients attending the outpatient department (OPD) and inpatients admitted in Yenepoya medical college Hospital after obtaining the Ethical committee approval. The study was conducted on 220 type 2 diabetic patients who were more than 5 years from diagnosis. Informed written consent was obtained for participation in the study and for conduction of investigations. The study was conducted between the period of May 2017 to May 2018.it was a observational cross sectional study. In our study, 53.18% had no diabetic retinopathy. Mild, moderate and severe NPDR was found in 22.7%, 16.4%, 2.3% respectively. 5.5% had evidence of PDR. Using Independent t test, we observed statistically significant correlation of diabetic retinopathy with duration of diabetes, both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, LDL, serum creatinine, blood urea and eGFR.