TO STUDY RELATED RISK FACTORS OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AMONG THE DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). It is the maximum not unusual motive of blindness a number of the running age group inside the advanced global and the fifth main purpose of world blindness. The objective of this study was to determine the Incidence and related risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among the diabetic mellitus patients. A cross sectional hospital based study. This was conducted at SreeBalaji Medical College and Hospital,Chrompet,Chennai, hospital based cross-sectional study performed inside the department of Ophthalmology. A total of 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from March 2014 to February 2015 underwent detailed ocular examinations for diabetic retinopathy. The International Classification of diabetic retinopathy was followed to categorize the severity of retinopathy. Out of 1000 patients with DM, n=184(18.4%) had DR, among which, more males were affected 112 (61%) than females were n=72 (39.1%).169(91.8%) had NPDR and ME were 78(42.3%).The duration of diabetes was seen to be highest in patients more than 20 years, of which, 31.4% (n=22) were affected with retinopathy. Continuous effort is required from health?care professionals in counseling diabetic patients about the role of blood sugar level in reducing the risk of onset and progression of DR