Semiparametric modelling of diabetic retinopathy among people with type II diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The proportion of patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) has grown with increasing number of diabetes mellitus patients in the world. It is among the major causes of blindness worldwide. The main objective of this study was to identify contributing risk factors of DR among people with type II diabetes mellitus.

Method

A sample of 191 people with type II diabetes mellitus was selected from the Black Lion Specialized Hospital diabetic unit from 1 March 2018 to 1 April 2018. A multivariate stochastic regression imputation technique was applied to impute the missing values. The response variable, DR is a categorical variable with two outcomes. Based on the relationship derived from the exploratory analysis, the odds of having DR were not necessarily linearly related

SUBMITTER: Yirdaw BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature