To Find Out the Association of Diabetic Retinopathy and Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Objective: To find out the association of Diabetic Retinopathy and vitamin D deficiency.

Study Design: Descriptive/Cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Dept. of Physiology at Khyber Medical College Peshawar from January, 2021 to April, 2021.

Materials and Methods: After the recruitment of subjects according to the inclusion criteria. Subjects were divided into two cohorts; Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy (Group I N=40) and a Non-Diabetic Retinopathy group (Control group N=40). Blood for Vitamin D Levels was taken and analysed at the Hospital Lab via Cobas 6000 E 501 analyzer. Data was analysed using SPSS version 26.0 for MacBook Pro.

Results: Vitamin D low levels were found in patients of the DR group. They were vitamin D deficient in comparison to the non-DR group.

Conclusion: Our study found an inverse relation between vitamin D levels and diabetic retinopathy.