Prevalence of retinopathy detected by fundoscopy among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients visiting a local hospital in Lahore

The cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 newly diagnosed diabetic patients to assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and to evaluate its relationship with potential risk factors of diabetes on their first visit to a local hospital. among the newly diagnosed diabetic subjects 33% (n=66) were with retinopathy. out of which 30% (n=18) were male and 70% (n=48) were female. high density lipoprotein (hdl),both systolic and diastolic blood pressure,cholesterol level and serum insulin were significantly higher (p< 0.05) in proliferative group of diabetic retinopathy,while triglyceride level,hba1c (%),and low density lipoprotein (ldl) were non-significantly higher (p> 0.05) in diabetic retinopathy groups. to conclude high prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was observed among newly diagnosed diabetic patients. copyright 2017 zoological society of pakistan.