Factors associated with different types of Retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes in Bangladeshi Population

  • A research initiative of Centre for Global Health Research 
  • Study Place: BIRDEM
  • Study design: Cross-sectional
  • Study duration: 8 months 
  • Number of participants: 1023
  • Status: Complete 
  • Funding: CGHR, BADAS and University of Oslo
  • Key points: 
    • At the time of recruitment, 80.7% study participants were diagnosed with Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR) and rest 18.3% were diagnosed with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR).
    • Only 6.5% study participants were diagnosed with Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR) and 2.4% were diagnosed with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR).