1329-P: Correlates of Diabetes Mellitus in Care-Seeking Populations at Commercial Eye-Care Centres in Kampala, Uganda

Introduction 7mmol/L (no). Modified Poisson regression assessed factors independently associated with DM in this study population. Adjusted prevalence rate ratios (PRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were reported. Results: Among 501 participants, 31.7% (n=159) had DM and 7.4% (n=37) had pre-DM. After adjusting for potential confounders, participants were more likely to be diabetic; (i) 37% times higher among those who have never taken an A1C compared to those who ever had A1C tests (adjusted PRR 0.63, 95%CI 0.48-0.83), (ii) 46% times higher among those who never tested for DM compared to those who had ever tested for DM (adjusted PRR 0.54, 95%CI 0.38-0.75), and (iii) 45% times higher among participants who were aware of DM than those aware of DM (adjusted PRR 0.54, 95%CI 0.38-0.75) Conclusion: Increasing symptom awareness and testing for DM suggests improvement in DM detection among urban eyecare seeking populations in Kampala. DM awareness and early DM treatment initiation are potential opportunities for future research and practice. Disclosure P.N. Kaganda: None. R. Anguzu: None. A. Kiconco: None. J.N. Mutyoba: None.