Evaluation of the prevalence of non-diabetic eye disease detected at first screen from a single region diabetic retinopathy screening program: a cross-sectional cohort study in Auckland, New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the prevalence of incidental non-diabetic ocular comorbidities detected at first screen in a large diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening programme.

Design

Cross-sectional cohort study.

Setting

Single large metropolitan diabetic eye screening programme in Auckland, New Zealand.

Participants

Twenty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-one participants who attended screening from September 2008 to August 2018.

Results

Hypertensive retinopathy (HTR) was observed in 14.2% (3236/22 771) participants. Drusen were present in 14.0% participants under the age of 55 years, increasing to 20.5% in those 55 years and older. The prevalence of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was 0.5% in participants aged<55 years, 2.4% in partic

SUBMITTER: Ramachandran N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672006 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature