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The Beaver Dam Eye Study

1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 99; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0161-6420(92)32011-1

1549-4713

Ronald Klein, Ronald Klein, Scot E. Moss, Kathryn L.P. Linton,

Veterinary Equine Medical Research

The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was examined in people with newly discovered noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) (n = 50) and in those with previously diagnosed diabetes (n = 395) in a population-based study of people between the ages of 43 and 86 years who lived in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin between 1988 and 1990. Retinopathy was determined from stereoscopic fundus photographs. The prevalence of any retinopathy was 10.2% in those with newly diagnosed NIDDM, none had proliferative retinopathy, and 2.0% had macular edema. These data suggest that asymptomatic people discovered to have NIDDM during epidemiologic studies may not need immediate ophthalmoscopic examination at the time of their diagnosis because they have a relatively low risk of danger of visual loss due to diabetic retinopathy at that time. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was examined in people with newly discovered noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) (n = 50) and in those with previously diagnosed diabetes (n = 395) in a population-based study of people between the ages of 43 and 86 years who lived in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin between 1988 and 1990. Retinopathy was determined from stereoscopic fundus photographs. The prevalence of any retinopathy was 10.2% in those with newly diagnosed NIDDM, none had proliferative retinopathy, and 2.0% had macular edema. These data suggest that asymptomatic people discovered to have NIDDM during epidemiologic studies may not need immediate ophthalmoscopic examination at the time of their diagnosis because they have a relatively low risk of danger of visual loss due to diabetic retinopathy at that time.