purpose: to determine the correlation between presumed risk factors and diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus (dm). methods: this descriptive analytical study was performed on medical records of patients with type ii dm referred to a diabetes clinic in birjand valiasr hospital from september 2006 to september 2007. parameters included age, sex, duration of dm, typ...

Aim: To study the relationship between serum Vitamin D levels and severity of Diabetic Retinopathy. Materials Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted on 346 subjects. The cases were divided into three groups, group A comprised 180 type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy, B 86 without retinopathy (no DR) C age gender matched 80 healthy non controls. Group further A1 consisting 84 prolifera...

Objective: To assess the relationship between capillary perfusion of retinal vessels and severity diabetic retinopathy with help Optical Coherence Tomography angiography.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place Duration Study: Armed Forces Institute Ophthalmology, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Feb 2020 to Apr 2021.
 Methodology: Seventy-three eyes 37 subjects suffering diabetes ...

A morphological study of the thickness choroid in patients with diabetes using spectral- domain optical coherence tomography was carried out order to analyze changes choroidal vessels and their role mechanism diabetic retinopathy, which on eyes 203 participants 48 we are healthy people. The area foveal lesion measured enhanced imaging. Participants were grouped according degree retinopathy: no ...

Epidemiologic and clinical studies have shown that diabetic retinopathy is a common chronic ocular disorder that developed in most type 2 diabetes. From the viewpoint of preventive medicine, the most crucial topic for preventing diabetic retinopathy is how to achieve early detection and appropriate treatment by using effective screening tools. To understand the morbidity of diabetic retinopathy...

background: to extract utility values of diabetic retinopathy on a perfect health and perfect vision scales for iranians with both types diabetes. methods: in this investigation, 150 untreated patients with diabetic retinopathy consecutively were examined and interviewed in farabi eye hospital, tehran, iran, a tertiary referral center in the iranian health care system. utility values based on p...

OBJECTIVE To examine incidence and progression of retinopathy using retinal photographs in Pima Indians and to compare the results with those obtained when retinopathy is assessed by direct ophthalmoscopy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We undertook an analysis of examinations conducted between 1 April 1982 and 31 December 1990 in residents of the Gila River Community in central Arizona. Data we...

Objectives. We investigated the relationship between the stage of diabetic retinopathy and pulse wave velocity (PWV). Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 689 patients (406 men and 283 women) with type 2 diabetes who were admitted to our hospital from 2004 to 2007. Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) was measured by an arterial pressure measurement device as PWV/ABI. Diagnosis of...