Changing Clinical Presentation, Current Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Current Vision Related Quality of Life in Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Retinopathy in Eastern India: The LVPEI Eye and Diabetes Study

Table 1

Comparison of clinical presentation in years 2001 and 2011.

	2001; DM: DR: Rx: 202	2011; DM: DR: Rx: 86	Difference in percentage between both groups	Comparison of 2 proportions (chi square test)
Any DR	332 (70.34%)	118 (49.17%)	21.17%	0.0001
No DR	140 (29.68%)	122 (50.83%)	21.17%	0.008
NPDR	192 (58%)	87% (73.7%)	15.7%	0.017
PDR	140 (42%)	31 (26.3%)	15.7%	0.15
≥20/60	237 (71.4%)	60 (51%)	20.4%	0.0043
20/400–<20/60	74 (22.2%)	46 (39%)	16.08%	0.076
<20/400	21 (6.33%)	12 (10%)	3.67%	0.75
Laser (& VEGF)	167 (82.7%)	77 (89.5%)	6.8%	0.23
Vitreous surgery	35 (17.3%)	9 (10.5%)	6.8%	0.9
Hypertension	97 (20.5%)	126 (52.5%)	32%	<0.001
Cardiac	17 (3.6%)	18 (7.5%)	3.9%	0.815

Statistically significant; DM: diabetes mellitus; DR: diabetic retinopathy; Rx: treatment; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor.