Undiagnosed diabetic retinopathy in Northeast China: prevalence and determinants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report the prevalence and contributing factors of undiagnosed diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a population from Northeastern China.

Subjects/methods

A total of 800 subjects from the Fushun Diabetic Retinopathy Cohort Study were enrolled. A questionnaire assessing incentives and barriers to diagnosis of DR was administered. Logistic regression was used to identify clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with undiagnosed DR. In a prespecified subgroup analysis, we divided patients into vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) and non-VTDR (NVTDR) subgroups.

Results

Among 800 participants with DR, 712 (89.0%) were undiagnosed. Among 601 with NVTDR, 566 (94.2%) were undiagnosed. Among 199 with VTDR, 146 (73.4%) were undiagnosed. The risk factors a

SUBMITTER: Zang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716530 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature