Five-Year Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type II Diabetes in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon.
Carl-Joe MehannaMaamoun Abdul FattahHani M TamimMona P NasrallahRaya ZreikSandra S HaddadJaafar El-AnnanSamih RaadRanda S HaddadHaytham I S SaltiPublished in: Journal of ophthalmology (2017)
The 5-year incidence of DR in this hospital-based cohort is relatively low. Microalbuminuria was independently associated with the incidence and progression of the disease. We recommend to screen patients with type II diabetes for microalbuminuria as prognostic for the development and worsening of DR.