Frequency of diabetic retinopathy in type II diabetics presenting at DHQ hospital Sahiwal

Aim: to find out the frequency of diabetic retinopathy in type ii diabetics presenting at dhq hospital sahiwal methods: this study was cross sectional and conducted at the department of ophthalmology dhq hospital sahiwalfrom december 2014 to june 2015. total 340 patients with history of dm either male or female were recruited for this study. results: mean age of the diabetics was 47.55±9.13 years. diabetic retinopathy was found in 57(17%) patients followed by nonproliferative retinopathy was found in 50(87.72%) patients and proliferative retinopathy was found only in 7(12.28%) patients. more male diabetics 37(26.43%) were victim of dr as compare to female diabetics 20(10%). highly significant (p=0.001) association of dr with duration of dm was seen. conclusion: it is concluded in this study that dr was commonly prevalent in southern punjab and the most common type of dr was non-proliferative retinopathy. dr frequently prevalent in male diabetics as compare to female diabetics and significant association of duration of dm with dr was found.