Correlation of diabetic retinopathy with hypertension
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is internationally on a pandemic. India is the diabetic capital of the world. With growing stress and life style changes hypertension too is on the rise. The same group of patients are afflicted by both the diseases. We tried to find any direct relation between diabetic retinopathy and hypertension. About 40% of patient suffering from DM are also hypertensive. The percentage is as high as 60% at 75 years of age.(1) The “United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)” has successfully revealed the worsening of diabetic retinopathy with badly controlled hypertension.(1,2) The study strongly advocates that a tight control of blood pressure reduces the incidence of diabetic retinopathy to a great extent.(3,4)
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Waris A, Ansari NN
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