Abstract:
Diabetic Retinopathy and diabetics are highly associated two severe diseases in human.
This study asses the risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy among the Diabetic patients in
the Kalmunai region. For this a hospital based cross sectional study was carried out. All
the diabetic patients who were attending to the diabetic clinic of the Ashraff memorial
hospital during the month of May and June 2014 were screened for Diabetic
Retinopathy and their demographic details were recorded. The risk for Diabetic
Retinopathy among the diabetic patient was estimated as 13.16 %. No difference in risk
of getting Diabetic Retinopathy was observed among different age group, educated
level and gender patients. Risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy was increasing with the
duration of suffering from diabetic. The relative risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy
for > 12 years of diabetic patient is 3.55 times greater compare to the other age groups.
