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ABSTRACT
The relation between the family history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and its severity is investigated in patients with Type U diabetes. This study comprises the family trees up to the third degree (including) of 364 patients. The diabetic persons in all these three - degree relatives were counted. The incidence of preproliferative + proliferative DR with 10 years or less of duration of DM was significantly higher in patients with number of diabetic relatives 3 and more (p < 0.01). But this difference was not significant in patients with a duration of diabetes more than 10 yrs (p > 0.5). As a result, our findings indicate a genetic component for developing severe DR.
The relation between the family history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and its severity is investigated in patients with Type U diabetes. This study comprises the family trees up to the third degree (including) of 364 patients. The diabetic persons in all these three - degree relatives were counted. The incidence of preproliferative + proliferative DR with 10 years or less of duration of DM was significantly higher in patients with number of diabetic relatives 3 and more (p < 0.01). But this difference was not significant in patients with a duration of diabetes more than 10 yrs (p > 0.5). As a result, our findings indicate a genetic component for developing severe DR.