Relationship Between Obesity and Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between obesity and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Methods Seventy-two cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients were selectively divided into obesity group and non-obesity group according to BMI,obesity group were subdivided into A group(visceral type) and B group(subcutaneous type) according to waist-buttock girth ratio,the prevalance and severity of DR in two group were compared.Results DR in obesity group were significantly higher than those in non-obesity group,there were higher incidence of proliferative DR in obesity group,therefore,incidence of DR in A group was obviously higher than that in B group.Conclusions Obesity is one of the important factors to aggravate the DR in type 2 diabetes mellitus.