ABSTRACT
Context: The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, Iraq will have 2,009,000 new case of diabetes.
Aim: To assess the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among diabetes patients in Al-Nasiriya city, Southern Iraq.
Methodology: A study of cases and controls was presented with a total of 220, of them 110 cases and 110 control. Patients with Diabetics mellitus (DM) attending follow-up check-ups regularly at diabetes and endocrinology center in Nasiriya city from the period March1, 2018 to May 31, 2018 were considered as our study population. Chi-square tests is applied to analyze the association between visual impairment and risk factors, in addition multivariate logistic regression is used to explore odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for the association among visual impairment and risk factors. p<0.05, identified as statistically significant.
Results: Factors such as age, gender, educational level, BMI, family history, hypertension, treatment type and glycemic control which showed a significant association between cases and control on DR. The significant factors influencing DR were analyzed in multivariate logistic regression. We observed secondary education level, BMI, family history, treatment type and glycemic control occurred as significant independent risk factors for the incidence of DR.
Conclusion: Our analysis reflect the necessity of prevention of the identified risk factors, which appears in our findings. Our study endorsed that a population based study can be conducted in future to examine the risk factors in different parts of Iraq to provide accurate data on the cause of DR and predict the correct result.
Publication Date
8/15/2019
Publisher
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
رواء كامل عبد | Rawaa Kamel Abd | 5024