BACKGROUND Folate deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease, megaloblastic anemia, and with hyperhomocysteinemia. This study has been undertaken to investigate the role of folate status during the progression of the diabetic retinopathy. METHODS We measured the plasma levels of homocysteine, folic acid, and red cell folate in 70 diabetic type 2 patients with nonproliferative diabet...

background: diabetic retinopathy is the major cause of blindness among working-age population across the world. despite the urgent need for research strategic planning in this field, no systematic research has been previously performed analyzing the published research on diabetic retinopathy. the study aimed to analyze the scientific productions on dr for drawing a general roadmap for future re...

OBJECTIVE The Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) cohort is enriched with approximately 20% Hispanics and 20% African Americans, affording a unique opportunity to study ethnic differences in retinopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional analyses on the baseline seven-field stereo fundus photos of 1,283 patients are reported here. Diabetic retinopathy scores are grouped into four...

OBJECTIVE Homocysteine is an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular and nondiabetic ocular vaso-occlusive diseases. However, studies of the relationship between homocysteine and diabetic retinopathy have reported inconsistent results. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between plasma total homocysteine concentration and diabetic retinopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (ivb) injection on sustained intraocular pressure (iop) methods: this non-randomized prospective study was conducted on 359 eyes of 359 patients in amir almomenin (rasht) and labbafinejad (tehran) hospitals. after history taking and complete ocular examination, iop was measured one week and one day before injection (twice at each sessi...

Sialic acid, an acetylated derivative of neuraminic acid, is reported to be a marker of micro- and macrovascular complications in diabetic subjects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of serum sialic acid and diabetic retinopathy. Serum sialic acid levels were measured in healthy non-diabetic control subjects, Type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy (No DR), Type ...

INTRODUCTION diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness of working-age patients in the urban areas. OBJECTIVE to find out the association between diabetic retinopathy and serum lipoproteins in patients with diabetes mellitus MATERIALS AND METHODS a community-based cross-sectional study involving 100 subjects with type II diabetes living in the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the correlation between the development of retinopathy and macro-albuminuria and the other risk factors for the retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD This is a cross-sectional study. The authors studied 201 patients suffering from diabetes type 2. Fundoscopy was performed by ophthalmologists. Macro-albuminuria was assessed by urine strip (URICAN). ...

The diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy carries several negative implications. The disease may lead to loss of visual acuity and blindness and is often associated with the systemic complications of diabetes (eg, nephropathy and neuropathy), in addition to hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Individually, each of these conditions is detrimental to the patient’s health, but they can also worsen retino...

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss among working-age people in the United States. The hallmark of diabetic retinopathy is vascular compromise. Increased vascular permeability leads to the development of diabetic macular edema, which is the major cause of vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Vascular occlusion causes retinal ischemia and subsequent angiogenesi...