Risk factors for diabetic macular oedema in type 2 diabetes: A case-control study in a United Kingdom primary care setting

摘要

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in the working-age population in the United Kingdom (UK) [1]. Visual loss in the population with diabetes may be caused by diabetic macular oedema (DMO), macular ischaemia, or retinal or optic neovascularization [2]. Particularly, retinal thickening results from fluid leakage due to breakdown of the blood-retina bar