Microaneurysm turnover is a predictor of diabetic retinopathy progression.

ABSTRACT: AIM:To analyse retinopathy phenotypes and microaneurysm (MA) turnover in mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) as predictors of progression to diabetic central-involved macular oedema (CIMO) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in two different ethnic populations. METHODS:205 patients with type 2 DM and mild NPDR were followed in a prospective observational study for 2 years or until development of CIMO, in two centres from different regions of the world. Ophthalmological examinations, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), fundus photography with RetmarkerDR analysis, and optical coherence tomography (OCT), were performed at baseline and 6 12 and 24 months. RESULTS:158 eyes/patients reached either the study endpoint, CIMO (24) or performed the last study vis

SUBMITTER: Pappuru RKR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6362804 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature