Relationship of Visual Acuity with Systolic Blood Pressure in Diabetic Retinopathy (Type-II) On the Population of Malwa Region - A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Background : Roughly half of people with diabetes mellitus have some degree of diabetic retinopathy at any given moment, accounting for approximately 4% of the global population.  In Asia, diabetic retinopathy accounts for 3-7% of all cases of blindness, according to WHO.  In India, 3.5% of the general population has diabetic retinopathy. Moreover, 18.0% of people with diabetes mellitus have diabetic retinopathy.  Diabetic retinopathy was found in 1.78% of the diabetic individuals examined in a population-based research conducted in South India.  About 51 million individuals with diabetes are expected to live in India, according to the World Diabetes Atlas. 7. Concern over Asia being the region with the highest rate of diabetes epidemic is rising.

Aim : To correlate the Visual acuity with the systolic blood pressure in Diabetic Retinopathy (Type-II)

Materials and Methods : About 200 patients of Diabetic Retinopathy were asked for evaluation which attend in the Index Medical College & Hospital, Indore (M.P.) after measurement of the blood pressure the procedures of measuring the disease done by ophthalmoscope and the observation were noted.

Result : It was found that the visual acuity in both the eye were significantly positive and the best corrected visual acuity were also significant.

Conclusion : The present study is useful for ophthalmologists in making a plan for the treatment of patients with diabetic retinopathy and also useful for definite data for physiologist while teaching the students.