ECEESPE2025 ePoster Presentations Diabetes and Insulin (245 abstracts)
Diabetic retinopathy in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: any predictive factors?
Hadhemi Belhassen 1 , Ramla Mizouri 1 , Rym Ben Othman 1 , Siwar Saoudi 1 , Faten Mahjoub 1 , Berriche Olfa 1 , Nadia Ben Amor 1 & Jamoussi Henda 1
1National Institute of Nutrition, A, Tunis, Tunisia
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Introduction: As far as known today, microalbuminuria is an independent risk factor for the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). For this reason, the clinical significance of DR in normoalbuminuric type 2 DM patients may be overlooked. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of DR and predictors for DR in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 DM.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over 3 months in department A of The National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis which included patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Results: Sixty-two patients were included amongst whom 36 were women and 26 men. The characteristics of the patients were respectively: age: 58±11 years, Body Mass Index: 28±6.1 Kg/m2. Twenty-seven patients had a DR as a complication of diabetes. The onset of diabetic retinopathy was correlated with age, with a statistically significant correlation (P = 0.017). There was no statistically significant correlation between DR and gender (P = 0.54), smoking status (P = 0.7), Body mass index (P = 0.48), duration of diabetes progression (P = 0.12), HbA1c (P = 0.2).
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that patients with normoalbuminuric type 2 DM also require close monitoring for the early detection of DR, for all patients especially in case of increasing age. There is no specific glycaemic or metabolic profile to prompt screening for DR.
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