Key result
Diabetic retinopathy affects nearly all T1D patients and ~33% of newly diagnosed T2D patients.
Why the study?
Diabetic retinopathy remains the leading cause of blindness in working-age people and is a common complication of diabetes affecting most type 1 and many type 2 patients.
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High prevalence supports retinopathy screening at T2D diagnosis; leaves open progression rates under contemporary therapies.
Diabetic retinopathy is still the leading cause of blindness in people of working age.It is one of the most common complications of diabetes, aVecting 80-100% of type 1 patients and being present at the diagnosis of diabetes in around one third of type 2 patients.
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Nish Chaturvedi (2000) studied this question. Diabetic retinopathy affects 80-100% of patients with type 1 diabetes and is present at diagnosis in approximately one third of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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