Clinicoepidemiological Study of Diabetic Retinopathy in a Tertiary Care Center - A Hospital Based Cross - Sectional Study

Srushti Phirke, Smital Metange, Bhavishya Gurudasani

Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common complication of diabetes. This study aims to find out the prevalance and demograhphy of diabetic retinopathy in a tertiary care center. A total of 700 diabetic patients were chosen and prevalance rate of diabetic retinopathy was determined as the percentage of total patients examined.

Keywords: Diabteic retinopathy, Prevalance, NPDR, Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR, Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, DME, Diabetic macular edema