Systemic and ocular diseases associated with the development of diabetic macular edema among Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetic macular edema (DME) causes severe vision loss among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). We aimed to investigate systemic and ocular diseases associated with the development of DME in a Japanese population.

Methods

A total of 3.11 million Japanese subjects who were registered in the database of the Japan Medical Data Center from 2005 to 2014 were analyzed. Subjects with DM were defined as individuals who had been prescribed any therapeutic medications for DM, and associated diseases were analyzed. The periods assessed were one year before the development of DME among patients with DME and one year before the last visit to an ophthalmic clinic among patients without DME.

Results

A total of 17,403 patients with DM satisfied the inclusion and exclusi

SUBMITTER: Kume A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392833 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature