scholarly journals Prevalence and Associated Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy in Quzhou, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Author(s):  
Zian Cheng ◽  
Xianchen Jiang ◽  
Weifen Zhu ◽  
Xinxin Zhang ◽  
Xiaofang Ying ◽  
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Abstract Objectives To assess the prevalence and risk factors for fundus status among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using fundus screening in four towns of Quzhou city, Zhejiang province of China. Methods This cross-sectional study included 230 T2DM patients of four towns in Quzhou city, Zhejiang province of China. Participants were examined for the diabetes related fundus abnormalities and possible risk factors. Results Almost half of the T2DM patients (53.04%) reported with diabetic retinopathy (DR). Patients with diabetic retinopathy had longer duration of diabetes (P < 0.001) and higher HbA1c (P < 0.01). Risk factors for development of diabetic retinopathy included duration of diabetes and HbA1c. The prevalence of DR increased with the prolongation of the disease duration. The prevalence of DR was 28.79% in the group of disease duration < 5 years, 46.25% in the group of disease duration 5–10 years, 72.92% in the group of disease duration 10–15 years and 88.57% in the group of disease duration ≥ 15 years. What’s more, the prevalence of DR also increased with the increment of HbA1c levels. The prevalence of DR was 44.62% in the group of HbA1c < 7%, 53.13% in the group of HbA1c 7%-8%, 62.92% in the group of HbA1c ≥ 8%. Conclusion The prevalence of DR was disturbingly high. Risk factors for DR were similar to other studies and included duration of diabetes and HbA1c. Thus, good glycemic control remains the core foundation of managing DR.

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Xiangdong Tang ◽  
Junying Zhou ◽  
Yanming Xu

Objectives: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in multiple system atrophy (MSA) has received scant attention in the literature, thus the present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of EDS and its potential risk factors among Chinese patients with MSA.Methods: A total of 66 patients with MSA (60.6% males) were consecutively recruited. Eighteen patients (27.3%, 13 men) with Epworth Sleepiness Scale score &gt;10 were defined as having EDS. Demographic, motor [Unified Multiple-System Atrophy (UMSARS)] and non-motor symptoms [Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS)], and sleep parameters [polysomnography (PSG)] were compared between patients with MSA with and without EDS. A logistic regression analysis was used to calculate the risk factors of EDS in patients with MSA.Results: There were no significant differences in age, sex, MSA onset age, disease duration, MSA sub-type, and motor symptom severity between MSA patients with and without EDS. However, compared with the MSA patients without EDS, their counterparts with EDS had higher scores of NMSS (65.3 ± 23.1 vs. 43.4 ± 25.3, P = .0002), Hamilton Anxiety (HAMA) [15.3 (10.3–20.0) vs. 9.5 (3.0–15.0), P = 0.006], Hamilton Depression (HAMD) [13.7 (12.5–17.8) vs. 9.0 (4.0–13.0), P = 0.015], and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) [29.8 (17.3–47.8) vs. 18.7 (10.3–21.8), P = 0.040]. Conversely, the patients with EDS had lower score of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [23.3 (20.3–27.0) vs. 25.7 (22.0–29.0), P = 0.023]. Similarly, there was a significantly lower percentage of N3 sleep (%) [0.3 (0–0) vs. 2.0 (0–0), P = 0.007] and a higher apnea-hypopnea index (AHI/h) [30.5 (14.5–47.8) vs. 19.3 (5.0–28.7), P = 0.034] in patients with EDS. After adjusting for age, sex, disease duration, MSA sub-type, and UMSARS score, the odds ratio (OR) (95% CI) of EDS was higher while increasing scores in FSS [1.06 (1.02–1.11)], HAMA [1.16 (1.04–1.28)], HAMD [1.13 (1.02–1.25)], NMSS [1.04 (1.01–1.07)], and AHI [1.03 (1.00–1.10)]. The OR of EDS was lower while the MMSE score was increasing [0.85 (0.72–1.00)].Conclusions: The presence and severity of EDS may be significantly associated with the non-motor dysfunction, including fatigue, anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, and sleep-related breathing disorder, but not with the motor dysfunction in MSA.


Bionatura ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-431
Author(s):  
Karen Sofía Flores-Mena ◽  
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Kory Naima Jara-Tamayo ◽  
Paúl Herrera-González ◽  
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nalini Mathala ◽  
Annapurna Akula ◽  
Sharat Hegde ◽  
Raghava Bitra ◽  
Virender Sachedev

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between inflammatory markers, and diabetic retinopathy in type II diabetic patients. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study included 150 type 2 diabetic patients who were divided into 3 groups. 50 in each group are divided as Diabetic patients without retinopathy (DM, n=50), nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy patients (NPDR, n=50), proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients (PDR, n=50). All the patients were subjected to complete clinical examination and laboratory investigations, such as fasting and postprandial blood glucose, serum creatinine, lipid profile tests, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), fasting insulin, serum inflammatory markers (TNF-alpha, C-reactive protein) and serum VEGF. Results: The study revealed from the multivariate analysis that age, duration and WHR (waist-hip ratio) are potent risk factors responsible for the risk of Diabetic retinopathy. Similarly, serum creatinine, CRP, TNF- alpha and VEGF are significantly higher in diabetic patients with retinopathy compared to diabetic patients without retinopathy. Conclusion: The study concluded that inflammation was associated with severe diabetic retinopathy in patients with well-controlled diabetes. A possible relationship was provided between the risk factors and biomarkers which are responsible for Diabetic retinopathy. Hence, modifying the risk factors risk and development of severe diabetic retinopathy can be reduced.


BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e015473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Cui ◽  
Ji-Ping Ren ◽  
Dong-Ning Chen ◽  
Zhong Xin ◽  
Ming-Xia Yuan ◽  
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ObjectivesThe study aimed to determine the exact risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the Chinese population using a cohort of 17  985 individuals from Beijing, China.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingA hospital.Participants17  985 individuals from Beijing, China.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThis was a cross-sectional study of permanent residents from the Changping area (Beijing, China) recruited from July 2010 to March 2011 and from March 2014 to February 2015 during a routine health examination at the Tongren Hospital of Beijing. Eye examinations were conducted by experienced ophthalmologists. Medical history, height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure were recorded. Routine laboratory examinations were performed.ResultsThe prevalence of DR was 1.5% in the general study population and 8.1% among individuals with diabetes. Compared with the non-DR group, individuals in the DR group in the diabetes population had longer disease duration, higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and uric acid (UA) (in men) and lower UA (in women) (all p<0.05). The multivariate analysis showed that disease duration (p<0.001), BMI (p=0.046), SBP (p=0.012), creatinine clearance rate (CCR) (p=0.014), UA (p=0.018) and FPG (p<0.001) were independently associated with DR in patients with diabetes.ConclusionThe prevalence of DR was 8.1% among patients with diabetes. Disease duration, BMI, SBP, CCR, UA and FPG were independently associated with DR.


2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianquan Sun ◽  
Peian Lou ◽  
Pan Zhang ◽  
Yan Shang ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rania Naguib ◽  
Eman S. Soliman ◽  
Fatima Mohammed Neimatallah ◽  
Najd Sulaiman AlKhudhairy ◽  
Amjad Muashaq ALGhamdi ◽  
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Abstract Background The incidence of cognitive impairment (CI) is higher in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The association between DM and CI and the risk factors for CI need to be addressed to estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with DM and to identify the potential risk factors. The study is a cross-sectional study using a convenient sample of 269 subjects. Sociodemographic diabetes-related variables including biochemical markers were collected. CI and diabetes-related distress (DRD) were assessed using the Arabic version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA) and the Diabetes Distress Screening Scale respectively. Results Overall, 80.3% had cognitive impairment while 33.8% had severe impairment. Older age, female gender, low level of education, and low income were associated with CI; duration of diabetes and DRD were associated with CI while ophthalmic complications were associated with severe CI. Duration of diabetes was inversely associated with CI. Level of HbA1c was significantly higher in patients with severe CI, and the probability of CI increased as the level of HbA1c increased. Low level of education was associated with severe CI, and CI was two times more likely among patients with DRD. Conclusion CI was higher than worldwide figures. Elderly females with low educational level, long duration of DM, and low socioeconomic status are at more risk. The probability of severe CI increased with increased level of HbA1c. Screening for CI in patients with diabetes along with intervention programs while considering the DRD and the level of HbA1c is crucial.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (20) ◽  
pp. 1479-1483
Author(s):  
Gayatree Mohanty ◽  
Prasanta Padhan ◽  
Sridivya Chilakamarthy ◽  
Manmath Kumar Das ◽  
Debendranath Bhuyan

BACKGROUND The nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) has been used to analyse capillary microarchitecture in diseases like Raynaud’s disease, scleroderma, and other collagen disorders earlier but recently researchers have documented capillaroscopic findings in diabetic patients which correspond to their ophthalmoscopic findings. Every diabetic patient after ten years of the disease is at risk of diabetic retinopathy and should thereby be referred to an ophthalmologist for screening. But for various factors the referral to ophthalmologists is poor and the patients usually present to the ophthalmologist when their vision is threatened. Our study intends to correlate the nailfold capillaroscopic microvascular changes with duration of diabetes, severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR), compare the changes of patients with DR and without DR and determine its role as a screening tool. METHODS This was a hospital based cross-sectional study for over 18 months in patients (15 - 75 yrs. of age) with diabetes mellitus. Patients with other vascular disorders were excluded. The study subjects were evaluated for diabetic retinopathy by indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus pictures and optical coherence tomography. The nailfold capillaroscopy findings were recorded and co-related with fundus findings. Statistical analysis was done by using the STATA software version 15.1. RESULTS Two hundred and fifty patients were recruited with 125 patients in each group, patients with and without DR respectively. Poor glycaemic control was seen most commonly in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The reduced capillary density, tortuosity, microhaemorrhages, neoangiogenesis and avascular areas were seen more frequently in proliferative diabetic retinopathy than nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and patients without DR. (P value 0.00). CONCLUSIONS Changes in nailfold capillaroscopy in diabetics have significant association with severity of DR, duration of diabetes, and glycaemic control. It could be used as screening and early diagnostic tool for non-ophthalmology medical fraternities to refer to ophthalmologist for follow-up and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. KEYWORDS Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Retinopathy, Nailfold Capillaroscopy, Microangiopathy


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