Frequency of Retinopathy in Patients Newly Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Abstract

The most prevalent microvascular consequence of diabetes mellitus on the eye is diabetic retinopathy, which is also one of the major reasons for poor vision in the working-age population. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetic retinopathy in participants. The Department of Medicine at the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar performed a six-month cross-sectional study from Mayto November 2022. A total of 196 patients with type 2diabetes mellituswere included in the research. Ages ranged from 18 to 60 years with a mean age of 37.59 ±10.21 years, with the majority of the patients (n=16) belonging to the fourth decade. Thirty-one individuals (15.81%) with clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus had diabetic retinopathy, of which 12 (6.12%) were females and 19 (9.69%) were males. Among patients with diabetic retinopathy, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1C) was determined to be 9.4 ±1.5, and among those with other types of retinopathy, background retinopathy was detected in 11 (5.61%) menand seven (3.57%) female patients. The majority of diabetic retinopathy patients in the current study were older than 40 yearsand were primarily males. In newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus participants, retinopathy occurred in 15.81% of cases (n=31), with background retinopathy accounting for the majority of cases (n=18, 9.18%).