Farrukh Maqsood, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Adnan Hasham, Abida Pervaiz Naz Akram, Sajjad Nisar.
Frequency of Retinopathy in patients with Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Along with Microalbuminuria.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;15(2):162-4.

Objective: The study aimed to find the frequency of retinopathy in patients with recent onset of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus along with microalbuminuria. Methods: It was conducted in Medical unit 4, Services Hospital, Lahore over a period of 6 months. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Results: In our study, out of 85 cases, 25.88%(n=22) were between 18-50 years of age whereas 74.12%(n=63) were between the age range of 51-80 years, mean+sd was measured as 56.62+9.19 years, 56.47%(n=48) were male while 43.53%(n=37) were females. The presence of retinopathy in cases of type II diabetes mellitus of recent onset was recorded in 31.76% as a frequency (n=27). Conclusion: We concluded that microalbuminuria is associated with diabetic retinopathy in cases with recent onset of type II diabetic patient and may be considered as a reliable marker of retinopathy.

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