Thirty-Year Trends in the Prevalence and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy at the First Visit in Patients with Untreated Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Tetsuya KubotaKikue Todoroki-MoriMasahiko IwamotoToshiko KoboriTakako KikuchiTazu TaharaYukiko OnishiMichihiro ArakiMasato KasugaYoko Yoshida

Published in: Ophthalmic epidemiology (2024)

We found, for the first time, a significant decrease in the rate of prevalence of DR from the 1986s to 2016s in patients with untreated T2DM visiting our hospital for the first time. A decrease in the rate of DR prevalence could explain, at least in part, the observed reduction in the rate of blindness in patients with T2DM.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
risk factors
healthcare
glycemic control
optical coherence tomography
type diabetes
emergency department
editorial comment
skeletal muscle