Influencing factors of vision-threatening disease among patients with diabetes in the central region of Saudi Arabia: A case-control study

Autor: Yaseer A Alsolaimi, Mohammed S Almudaymigh, Mohammed Al Essa, Jawaher Gramish, Rami Bustami, Majed S Al Yami, Senthilvel Vasudevan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 2399-2404 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_601_21
Popis: Aims: Diabetic retinopathy is called as vision threatening disease. It affects retina very severely. DR is a common public health problem in Worldwide. Our main objective was to identify significant risk factors for diabetic retinopathy among diabetes mellitus patients. Materials and Methods: The present retrospective Case-Control study was conducted with 404 DM patients' records were collected from King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Statistical analysis used: Data were presented as descriptive statistics, multivariate logistic regression, association between variables was using odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Results: Among 404 diabetes patients, 192 (47.5%) were Cases and 212 (52.5%) Controls. In multivariate regression analysis showed that male gender also had a higher likelihood in the development of DR, OR: 1.68 [95% CI: (1.04 – 2.71); p
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