Abstract :
Diabetic Retinopathy is an important cause of blindness with diabetic
macular edema(DME) affecting 15% of patients 15yrs after diagnosis. The
prevalence of diabetes mellitus(DM) is expected to approximately double
globally between 2000 and 2030. The burden of DME is likely to increase as
prevalence of DM is expected to rise by 50% globally, from 2000 to 2030.
Therefore, is a major cause of concern. To study diabetic macular edema
prevalence and pattern in association with severity of diabetic retinopathy in
patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus. 300 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
were included in anobservational cross sectional study. Clinical assessment
was done by recording Visual acuity by Snellen's drum test, slit lamp
examination, direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, fundus examination with
+90 D lens, Goldman applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, Cirrus SD-OCTmacula and fundus photography. Among 600
eyes, prevalence of DME was 14.0% and 24.3% in NPDR and PDR eyes respectively. Statistically, this difference was
not significant (p=0.226).Among the categories of diabetic retinopathy, a significant increase in prevalence of DME
was observed with increasing severity of NPDR (p
Keyword :
Diabetes mellitus, prevalence, DME, Diabetic retinopathy.