Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 322-327
Role of BMI as a Risk Factor for the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy
Dr Archana Vilas Manekar1, Dr Neha Chandrashekhar Yerawar2
1Associate Professor, 2Junior Resident,
Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Medical College, Amravati.
Corresponding Author: Dr Neha Chandrashekhar Yerawar
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of preventable blindness in working aged adults. It has been shown that obesity is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus. Thus, obese people are more vulnerable to DR. Hence, we conducted a study to assess the association between BMI and the risk of DR.
Materials And Method: A cross sectional study was conducted on a minimum of 95 patients in department of Ophthalmology over a period of 6 months who were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 for more than five years with their BMI and waist circumference recorded and their Fundus evaluated for DR changes.
Result: The study had 95 patients screened of which 27 had retinopathy. The mean age group of patients with retinopathy was 58.63+/-11.18.Maximum ( 51.9% ) were found to have a mild non-proliferative DR. The mean BMI of these patients was 24.8+/-4.2 and patients without retinopathy showed a BMI of 24.13+/-4.08. An unpaired t test was applied to check for statistical correlation between BMI and Diabetic retinopathy and was found to be not significant (p=0.43)
Conclusion: The study proves to show no relation between BMI as a risk factor for development of DR.
Key words: BMI: Body mass index, DR: Diabetic Retinopathy.
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