Abstract
Background
Studying the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors in type II diabetes mellitus in an Al- naeem area (Kuwait) case control study comparing type II diabetic with retinopathy and without retinopathy after group matching for age and sex to control confounders.
Results
HbA1c (p=0.0001), microalbuminuria (p=0.0001), neuropathy (p=0.002), insulin treatment (p=0.0001), body mass index >30(p=0.0001) and diabetes duration (p=0.0001); are significant risk factors in this study. On the other hand; age at diagnosis, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, triglycerides, and duration of hypertension are significant in univariate analysis where as hypertension, smoking and family history of diabetic retinopathy are insignificant
Methods
698 DM type II patients, 349 have retinopathy and 349 without retinopathy, 352 females and 346 males were identified and group matched for age and sex in a Al- naeem clinic in Jahra area (Kuwait).
Conclusion
This study shows that type II diabetes with poor control of blood sugar, longer diabetes duration, nephropathy, on insulin treatment and body mass index > 30 are more prone to develop retinopathy.