Abstract
Objectives: The purpose behind this study was to frequency of diabeticretinopathy at level of hba1c greater than 6.5%. Material and Methods: 130 patients with type-IIdiabetes mellitus with duration of more than >5years with HbA1c level of >6.5% were selected.After taking detailed history regarding diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy, Fundoscopicexamination of eye was done. All the information was noted in proforma and analyzed usingSPSS version 16.0. Results: Frequency of diabetic retinopathy was observed in 23.85%(31/130) and in those cases average HBA1C was 8.08±0.91 (%). Regarding severity, 74.2%were non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 25.8(8/31) was proliferative diabetic retinopathy.Conclusion: Our study showed a higher prevalence of diabetic retinopathy more commonly inthose patients who had HbA1C more than 8%.
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