Prevalence and predictors of developing vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy within the first three years of type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and vision-threatening DR (VTDR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) stratified by the duration of diabetes and to identify the clinical variations and risk factors for VTDR occurring at different stages of T2DM.

Methods

This was a retrospective comparative study. Patients were divided into short- (≤3 years), intermediate- (3-7 years), and long-duration (>7 years) groups. All patients were followed-up for DR and VTDR development. Risk factors were explored using logistic regression analysis.

Results

A total of,2961 patients were included; among them, 1,036 (35.0%) patients developed DR, and 293 (9.9%) had VTDR. The frequency of VTDR in patients who developed DR in the short-duration group

SUBMITTER: Yan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773727 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature