Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
This study aims to determine the risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) among natives and nonnatives Sarawakians who were seen at 3 public hospitals and one health clinic in Sarawak. It is a cross sectional study where data on patients with DM were collected by staff at these he...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Malaysian Medical Association
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/1/IR18.pdf |
| Summary: | This study aims to determine the risk factors associated
with diabetic retinopathy (DR) among natives and nonnatives
Sarawakians who were seen at 3 public hospitals
and one health clinic in Sarawak. It is a cross sectional
study where data on patients with DM were collected by staff
at these healthcare facilities and entered into the web-based
Diabetic Eye Registry. Univariate and multivariate analysis
was used to determine the association factors for DR. DR
was significantly less associated with natives (24.4%)
compared to non-native Sarawakians (34.1%) (p <0.001). The
odds of getting DR was higher in patients whose duration of
DM was more than 20 years (OR=2.6), who have renal
impairment (OR= 1.7) and non-natives (OR =1.4). |
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