A prediction model for worsening diabetic retinopathy after panretinal photocoagulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As one of the severe complications of diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in the working age worldwide. Although panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) was standard treatment, PRP-treated DR still has a high risk of progression. Hence, this study aimed to assess the risk factors and establish a model for predicting worsening diabetic retinopathy (DR-worsening) within five years after PRP.

Methods

Patients who were diagnosed with severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy or proliferative diabetic retinopathy and treated with PRP were included, and those patients were randomly assigned to either a training or validation cohort. The multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to screen potential risk factors for DR-wor

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature