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Table 5 Retinal/macular findings in the most affected eye of participants with diabetes in the subsample

From: Prevalence and risk factors for diabetes and diabetic retinopathy: results from the Nigeria national blindness and visual impairment survey

 

Known DM (n = 27)

New DM (n = 25)

Total (n = 52)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Unable to assess fundus (poor view)

3

 

5

 

8#

 

Data on retinal findings

24

100 %

20

100 %

44

100%

Normal retina and macula

12

 

11

 

23

 

Diabetic retinopathy:

6

25%

3

15%

9

20.5%

Non-proliferative

2

 

1

 

3

3

Proliferative

1

 

0

 

1

1*

Diabetic macular edema

3

 

2

 

5

5@

Other retinal/macular abnormality

6

25%

6

30%

12

27.3%

  1. DM = diabetes mellitus; NPDR = non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR = proliferative diabetic retinopathy; DME = diabetic macular edema.
  2. *NPDR in the other eye.
  3. @3 had DME and NPDR in the same eye.
  4. #Unable to view fundus in both eyes, or of other eye if one eye was normal: cataract (5), corneal opacity (1), vitreous haze (2).
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