Acta ophthalmologica
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Acta ophthalmologica · Dec 2017
Multicenter StudyPrevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in 17 152 patients from the island of Funen, Denmark.
This study aims to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients enrolled in a large Danish quality-assuring database for diabetes: the Funen Diabetes Database (FDDB). ⋯ The patients in FDDB had good systemic control with median values of BP, serum lipids, cholesterol and HbA1c all close to or below national guidelines at the time of data extraction, but still a high level of DR was found in this cohort. DR was more common in patients with T1DM than T2DM, but as T2DM patients are more numerous, their level of DR despite acceptable control is still concerning. Most important associated factors for higher levels of DR were age, duration of diabetes, HbA1c, s-creatinine and u-albumine.