This article reports the study which determined the incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR), sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (SRDR) and diabetic macular edema (DMO) in type I and type II diabetes mellitus patients in a screening program. This study is a nine-year follow-up study where all the participants were matched for their age, other epidemiological factors, other comorbidities etc. Diabetes is a chronic disease which is progressive in nature. Additionally, both types of diabetes, type I and type II can induce several complications.
One of those complications includes ocular complications that are diabetic retinopathy (DR). Development of DR in both type of diabetes is similar but the frequency of occurrence as per type is largely unknown. In this regard, a study conducted by the Spanish researchers determined the incidence of any-DR, STDR, and DMO in patients with T1DM and…
