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Retinopathy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Al-Zuabi, Homoud Al-Tammar, Yaqoub Al-Moataz, Reem Al-Sabti, Khalid Wani, Vivek B. Hamama, Fahad Mohammad, Hanan Al Al-Suwayan, Mai H. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its association with risk factors in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in two primary care diabetic clinics in Kuwait. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending Ferdous and Yarmouk Health Care Diabetic Clinics in Farwaniya and Asma Health Areas, respectively, during the period of January 2002 to July 2004 were examined for the presence of diabetic retinopathy by color fundus photographs. Risk factors such as sex, age, hypertension, nephropathy, hyperglycemia, level of glycated hemoglobin, microalbuminuria and hyperlipidemia were evaluated by statistical analysis for their possible association with the presence of diabetic retinopathy at the time of diagnosis of diabetes. RESULTS Of the 92 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients studied, diabetic retinopathy was present in 7 (7.6%) patients. Two of the 7 patients had maculopathy that needed treatment by photocoagulation. High glycated hemoglobin in 51 patients (55.4%), microalbuminuria in 25 (27.2%), hypertension in 29 (315%), hyperlipidemia in 69 (75%), obesity in 45 (48.9%) and overweight in 37(40.2%) were noted in the study population. Microalbuminuria was weakly associated with the presence of retinopathy (p = 0.08) at the time of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, but other risk factors were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was 7.6% among the study population. Maculopathy was present in 2 of the 7 patients needing photocoagulation. |
| Starting Page | 3760 |
| Ending Page | 3760 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/86925 |
| PubMed reference number | 16103693v1 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Journal | Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abnormality of the macula Clinic Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Retinopathy Hyperglycemia Hyperlipidemia Hypertensive disease Kidney Diseases Light Coagulation Obesity Overweight Patients Primary Health Care Retinal Diseases Sixty Nine photograph |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
