Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the microvascular complication in diabetes mellitus (DM). Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is an indicator that reflects the percentage of blood glucose tied to hemoglobin for the past three months. This study aims to determine if a high level of HbA1c increases the prevalence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Cross-sectional study. The participants were DM patients who were diagnosed with PDR and NPDR for the first time and HbA1c level was checked in the laboratory. Of the 74 participants, 37 participants were PDR, and 37 participants were NPDR. The ratio of prevalence (PR) was 3.87, with Confident of Interval (CI 95%): 1.96-7.67 and p < 0.001. Multivariate analysis shows Odd Ratio (OR) of HbA1c is 18.319 (5.334-62.919) and p < 0.001. High level of HbA1c as a risk factor of high prevalence of PDR.
Highlights
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a retinal disorder due to microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM)
Seventy four DM patients with DR were divided into two groups, the PDR group and NPDR group, and each group consisted of 37 participants
This study shows that the prevalence of DR in DM patients was 60.16%
Summary
DR is a retinal disorder due to microvascular complications of DM. DR is the most common cause of blindness after cataracts.
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