| Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). It is the maximum not
unusual motive of blindness a number of the running age group inside the advanced global and the fifth main purpose of
world blindness.The objective of this study was to determine the Incidence and related risk factors of diabetic retinopathy
among the diabetic mellitus patients. A cross sectional hospital based study. This was a hospital based cross-sectional study
performed inside the department of Ophthalmology. A total of 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from January 2010 to
December 2010 underwent detailed ocular examinations for diabetic retinopathy. The International Classification of
diabetic retinopathy was followed to categorize the severity of retinopathy. Out of 1000 patients with DM, n=184(18.4%)
had DR, among which, more males were affected 112 (61%) than females were n=72 (39.1%).169(91.8%) had NPDR and
ME were 78(42.3%).The duration of diabetes was seen to be highest in patients more than 20 years, of which, 31.4%
(n=22) were affected with retinopathy. Continuous effort is required from health?care professionals in counseling diabetic
patients about the role of blood sugar level in reducing the risk of onset and progression of DRddd |
