Prevalence and Factors Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy among Adult Diabetes Patients in Southeast Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
Biniyam SahilediniglTesfaye Assefa TadesseWogene NegashAnwar TahirTadele RegasaYohannes Tekalegn EfaAyele Mamo ArgawDamtew Solomon ShiferawDamtew SolomonHabtamu GezahegnKebebe BekeleDemisu ZenbabaAlelign TasewFikreab DestaZegeye RegassaZegeye FelekeChala KeneFekata Defere TolchaDegefa Gomora TesfayeDiriba DibabaDaniel AtilawPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)
One in every five DM patients had DR. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, and blood lipids were independently associated with DR. To reduce the burden of diabetes, strategies that focus on lifestyle modifications targeted at identified modifiable risk factors are essential.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- diabetic retinopathy
- cardiovascular disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- patient reported outcomes
- drug delivery
- optical coherence tomography
- weight loss
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- fatty acid
- patient reported