Diabetic retinopathy

diabetic retinopathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where retinal damages are incurred due to microaneurysms in the vasculature of the retina, progressively leading to abnormal blood vessel growth, and swelling and leaking of fluid from blood vessels, resulting in vision loss or blindness.

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 18096 8681 9415
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 6.96 5.91 8.33
Mean age at first event (years) 58.69 57.58 59.72

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.05 3.63 [3.18, 4.14] 2.0e-82 2962
15 years 0.03 3.88 [3.44, 4.37] <1e-100 2712
5 years 0.01 5.17 [4.62, 5.78] <1e-100 1368
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: DM_RETINOPATHY – Diabetic retinopathy
GWS hits: 17

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Diabetic retinopathy
after Diabetic retinopathy

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Diabetic retinopathy