Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Alemany-Márquez Pedro
Spain
Research Article
Three Years Follow-Up Incidence of Retinopathy, In Type 1 Diabetic Patients, In a Population-Based Screening Program with Digital Retinal Photographs
Author(s): Álvarez-Ramos Pablo, Jiménez-Carmona Soledad, Alemany-Márquez Pedro, Mayoral Eduardo, Santos-Sánchez Vanessa and Aguilar-Diosdado ManuelÁlvarez-Ramos Pablo, Jiménez-Carmona Soledad, Alemany-Márquez Pedro, Mayoral Eduardo, Santos-Sánchez Vanessa and Aguilar-Diosdado Manuel
Purpose: To determine the incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and risk factors associated with its development in a cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM 1), after three years of follow up, with annual retinal photograph by teleophthalmological means. Methods: Prospective cohort study of DM 1 patients, medically assisted in the Puerta del Mar Hospital Endocrinology Unit between 2009 and 2010, without DR, or with any degree of retinopathy that requires no treatment. Patients undergo endocrinological study. Control of blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure, dyslipidemia, renal dysfunction and smoking were recorded. Annually, three pictures are taken in each eye with a non-mydriatic digital retinal camera and are included in the intranet tool of the Andalusian Integral Diabetes Plan for remote analysis and .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9570.1000382