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Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Newly Diagnosed Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Anupama Raju Taklikar , Anupama Raju Taklikar1 , Navya C2 , Pooja Rathod3 , Sheshank V Sajjanshetty4

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Ophthalmology and Allied Sciences 6(1):p 9-11, January-April 2020. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/oas.2454.7816.6120.1

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Anupama Raju Taklikar, Navya C, Pooja Rathod, et al. Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Newly Diagnosed Cases of Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus. Ophthalmol Allied Sci. 2020;6(1):9–11.

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Purpose: A severity of diabetic retinopathy is well to have a close association with duration of diabetes mellitus, appropriate examinations to eliminate the possibility of diabetic retinopathy is much needed. Therefore, this study is to estimate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: This was a hospital based study conducted in the department of ophthalmology. A total of 200 eyes of 100 newly diagnosed diabetic patients underwent detailed ocular examination for diabetic retinopathy. Early Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) classification of diabetic retinopathy was followed to categorize the severity
of retinopathy. Results: Overall prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was found to be 18%, which includes 77.7% of mild, 16.6% of moderate, 5.5% of severe and no advanced diabetic retinopathy cases. Conclusion: Our study support the strong co-relation of diabetic retinopathy with duration of diabetes mellitus, our study also created awareness among the patients about DR who were evaluated during the course of the study.
Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy; Early Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS); Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

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Anupama Raju Taklikar, Navya C, Pooja Rathod, et al. Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Newly Diagnosed Cases of Type 2
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