1. RISK FACTORS OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN DIABETES MELLITUS.
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AFTAB HUSSAIN SHAH, PARTAB RAI, AZIZULLAH JALBANI, IMDAD ALI ANSARI, GURBAKHSHANI, KOUROMAL, and BASHIR AHMED SHAIKH
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DIABETIC retinopathy ,DIABETES complications ,RETINAL diseases ,DISEASE risk factors ,BLOOD cholesterol ,HEALTH occupations schools ,MEDICAL schools ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
PURPOSE OF STUDY:To determine the risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in diabetes Mellitus. DESIGN OF STUDY:Randomized Hospital based Prospective study PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY:Medicine Department, Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana. From January 2007 to June 2007 PATIENTS AND METHODS:Total 452 cases were picked up from medical out patient department. 408 (90.26%) cases were known diabetic and 44 (9.73%) were new cases. The relevant investigations such as Blood Sugar Fasting and Random, HBA
1c , serum cholesterol, urine for proteins and electrocardiogram were performed. All the patients were referred to ophthalmology department for ophthalmoscopy and retinal photograph. RESULTS: There were 452 cases in this study, 288 (63.71%) were male and 164 (36.28%) female with age range 18 years to 73 years. Among the 452 diabetic patients 128 (28.6%) patients had diabetic retinopathy. In 192 patients with high HBA1c , 76 patients had retinopathy. The 100 patients were hypertensive, 32 patients had retinopathy CONCLUSION:The diabetic retinopathy is strongly associated with the duration of diabetes, hyperglycaemia and hypertension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2010