COMPARISON OF THE KNOWN RISK FACTORS BETWEEN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND NON- DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
R. Christuraja* and Prof. M. K. Ravichandran
ABSTRACT
Retinopathy is a damage caused to the retina of human eyes. The retina would develop lack of the power to reflect the objects of the vision due to development of retinopathy. The literature shows that there is a differential occurrence of retinopathy between diabetic and non diabetic individuals. For this differences, factors such as age, hypertension, serum lipid levels, HbA1C, smoking etc, are documented to be influencing the incidence and the progression of retinopathy. The results of this comparative and descriptive study with a total of 200 persons including 100 diabetic and 100 non diabetic retinopathy patients selected through systematic random sampling among those who were attending Aravind Eye Care Hospital, Puducherry, has indicated that with the duration of hypertension, diastolic BP levels, the triglycerides and OCT values chances are higher for the diabetic subjects for retinopathy status.
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