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[Epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy in a primary care unit]
Romero Aroca P1, Calviño Domínguez O, Del Castillo Dejàrdin D
1Unidad de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan Reus, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili, Tarragona, Espana.
Purpose:
To determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors in the Riudoms population.
Methods:
Transversal study of prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in 283 patients of 305 identified with type II diabetic mellitus patients, in the primary care unit of Riudoms.
Results:
The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy is 24,4%, the significant risk factors are diabetes duration, insulin treatment, HbA1c high levels, microalbuminury association, and in inverse mode high cholesterol-HDL levels. The microalbuminury is associated with diabetic retinopathy but not the inverse.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in the type II diabetes patients of the present study is 24,4%. The significative risk factors are diabetic time evolution, insulin treatment, HbA1c high levels, microalbuminury association, and in inverse mode high cholesterol-HDL levels.