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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Main Authors: PS, Mallika, Cheah, W.L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 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
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description 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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spelling unimas-110652016-03-23T01:09:35Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/ Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry PS, Mallika Cheah, W.L RE Ophthalmology 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). Malaysian Medical Association 2012-08 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/1/IR18.pdf PS, Mallika and Cheah, W.L (2012) Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 67 (4). pp. 369-374. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/
spellingShingle RE Ophthalmology
PS, Mallika
Cheah, W.L
Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title_full Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title_fullStr Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title_full_unstemmed Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title_short Diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native Sarawakians -Findings from the Diabetic eye registry
title_sort diabetic retinopathy in native and non-native sarawakians -findings from the diabetic eye registry
topic RE Ophthalmology
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11065/1/IR18.pdf