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Table 4 Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy at diabetes diagnosis and at 6-year follow up

From: Prevalence and progression of visual impairment in patients newly diagnosed with clinical type 2 diabetes: a 6-year follow up study

 

Diabetic retinopathy at 6-year follow up a

 

Diabetic retinopathy at

diabetes diagnosis a

No diabetic

retinopathy

Background retinopathy

  
  

Microaneurysms

only

Without

maculopathy

With

maculopathy

Proliferative

retinopathy b

Total

No diabetic retinopathy

680 (88.3)

46 (6.0)

32 (4.2)

10 (1.3)

2 (0.3)

770 (96.0)

Background retinopathy

      

   Microaneurysms only

2 (20.0)

3 (30.0)

4 (40.0)

1 (10.0)

0 (0)

10 (1.2)

   Without maculopathy

8 (47.1)

1 (5.9)

3 (17.6)

1 (5.9)

4 (23.5)

17 (2.1)

   With maculopathy

0 (0)

1 (20.0)

0 (0)

3 (60.0)

1 (20.0)

5 (0.6)

Proliferative retinopathy

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

690 (86.0)

51 (6.4)

39 (4.9)

15 (1.9)

7 (0.9)

802 (100)

  1. Data are numbers (row- and column-%)
  2. a Refers to the eye with the most pronounced diabetic retinopathy at diabetes diagnosis and 6-year follow up, respectively
  3. b Among these, 2 patients with new vessels on the optic disc