Risk factors study of diabetic retinopathy in elderly diabetic patients.
- VernacularTitle:老年糖尿病患者糖尿病视网膜病变的危险因素分析
- Author:
Xiaoling CAI
;
Linong JI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabeties mellitus,type 2;
Diabetic retinopathy;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2003;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy(DR) in Chinese elderly diabetic patients. Methods One hundred and ninety patients with type 2 diabetic aged 60 years and over,including 93 males and 97 females were selected.The average age was 68.9 years and the average diabetic duration was 11.5 years.HbA1c,insulin,C-peptide and other clinical characteristics in all patients were tested.The retinopathy of the patients were examined by the retina-camera. Results There were 103 patients without deabetic retinopathy,59 patients carrying nonproliferative deabetic retinopathy and 28 patients carrying proliferative diabetic retinopathy.The above three groups had statistically different diabetic duration((121.1?93.2) vs(149.6?112.1) vs(182.2?83.5)months,P
