Correlation between HbA1c Levels and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy (original) (raw)
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Correlation between HbA1c and Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Relationship between HbA1c Levels and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy
Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology
Purpose: To determine the relationship between HbA1c and severity of retinopathy in diabetic patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Eye department of DHQ-UTH Gujranwala, from July 2020 to Dec 2020. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study including 100 patients was conducted at eye department of DHQ-UTH Gujranwala from January 2018 to December 2018. After approval from institutional review board, written informed consent with demographic variables was collected from every patient. Patients of either gender between 40-80 years of age with both types I and type II diabetes were included in this study. Complete ophthalmic examination including Best Corrected Visual Acuity, slit lamp biomicroscopy, Goldmann Applanation tonometry and fundus examination carried out. Diabetic retinopathy was classified from grade 0 to grade 5. Results: Out of 100 patients, 46 (46%) were males and 54 (54%) were females. Mean age was 60 ± 2.4 years with a rang...
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Association of HbA1c levels with diabetic retinopathy
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Background Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test is the best care evaluation measurement due to a strong correlation between the test results and diabetic complications. So, this cross-sectional study aimed to assess whether the level of HbA1C can predict Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) among Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Iranian population. Method One hundred sixty-eight diabetic patients were selected via the convenience sampling method. Data were collected by research made questionnaire scale and laboratory test had been done. To estimate the cut off point for some variables statistical tests, formal measures of classification performance, model evaluation criteria and a decision Tree were used. Results The prevalence of DR was 29.8%. The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve and decision tree showed the optimal cut-off point for the HbA1C variable that separates the patient with and without DR is HbA1C = 8.15. Conclusion Current study showed an appropriate cutoff point for dete...
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Correlation of blood sugar and HbA1C levels in different stage of diabetes retinopathy
International journal of health sciences
Objectives: This present study was to evaluate the different parameters and correlation of blood sugar and HbA1C levels for the development of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: A complete assessment, general physical examination and routine haematological investigations were performed to all patients. A complete fundus examination was done with the help of direct and indirect Ophthalmoscope. Biochemical investigations (Blood Sugar- Fasting and Post Prandial, HbA1C level) were performed. Patients were called for follow up after 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. Results: A total of 100 patients of diabetes retinopathy were enrolled in this study. Most of the cases 67(67%) were males with age group of 51-60 years. out of 191 eyes, most of the cases 72(37.7%) had PDR. Rest cases had 58(30.36%) severe NPDR, 46(24.08%) moderate NPDR, 9(4.71%) others and 6(3.14%) mild NPDR. HbA1c levels of the most of the cases 94(49.21%) had 6.5-8.5. Most of the patients 170(89.53%...