Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending the Diabetic Clinic of the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Prevalence of retinopathy and maculopathy with time since diagnosis among T2DM patients.

	Time since diagnosis (years)
	≤5	6 – 10	11+	Total
Number of patients^a	389	183	101	673
Retinopathy, n (%)^b	36 (9.3)	30 (16.4)	42 (41.6)	108 (16.0)
Maculopathy, n (%)	27 (6.9)	22 (12.0)	26 (25.7)	75 (11.1)

^aNumber of patients with interpretable retinal photographs. ^bSeverity of retinopathy—nonproliferative (n): 33 mild, 53 moderate, 17 severe; proliferative (n): 1 early, 4 advanced. Time since diagnosis vs. retinopathy, (chi-square test for trend). Time since diagnosis vs. maculopathy, (chi-square test for trend).