Diabetic retinopathy among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Sabah primary health clinics–Addressing the underlying factors

• Main Authors: Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Nirmal Kaur, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library Science 2022
• Subjects: RC620-627 Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32800/1/Diabetic%20retinopathy%20among%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20patients%20in%20Sabah%20primary%20health%20clinics.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32800/2/Diabetic%20retinopathy%20among%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20patients%20in%20Sabah%20primary%20health%20clinics1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32800/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261249#abstract0; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261249
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Every person diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is at risk of developing Diabetic retinopathy (DR). Thus, DR is one of the major chronic microvascular complications of T2DM. However, in Malaysia, research about DR is still scarce. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of DR among diabeti...