Prognostic Factors of Visual Acuity in Diabetes Mellitus
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 755-762, 2006.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We performed a retrospective study to investigate the risk factors for visual prognosis in diabetes mellitus patients.METHODS:
We reviewed 179 patients (358 eyes) who visited our hospital from January 1990 to January 2004. RESULTS The final visual outcome showed improvement in 28 (7.8%) eyes, no change in 193 (53.9%) eyes and worsening in 137 (38.3%) eyes. Duration of diabetes mellitus (p=0.01), diabetic retinopathy (p=0.001), higher grade diabetic retinopathy (p=0.002), progression of cataract (p=0.002), glaucoma (p=0.011), control of hypertension (p=0.001) and an abnormally low glomerular filtration rate (p=0.004) were all indicative of a high risk for decreased visual acuity. But other factors (age, type of diabetes mellitus, abnormality of electrocardiography, HbA1c, serum lipid) were not significantly correlated with visual prognosis (p>0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
We concluded that duration of diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, higher grade diabetic retinopathy, cataract, glaucoma, control of hypertension and abnormally low glomerular filtration rate were the risk factors of decreased visual acuity.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Cataract
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Visual Acuity
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Glaucoma
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetic Retinopathy
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Electrocardiography
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Glomerular Filtration Rate
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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