Association of vitamin D deficiency to ophthalmological complication Diabetic Retinopathy in T2DM patients from Hyderabad

Abstract

Introduction: Vitamin D is recognized to have a significant relationship with diabetic retinopathy (DR). Many researches support this verification. Diabetic retinopathy is main leading root cause of blindness. Diabetic retinopathy pretense the financial and social implication. With immediate intervention, diabetic retinopathy-related visual loss can be prevented and/or treated. Different risk factors for developing diabetic retinopathy have been found. Vitamin D has recently been linked to an increased risk of diabetic retinopathy in those with type II diabetes. Numerous studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency affects people of all ages in various nations. While a number of studies have linked vitamin-D deficiency to diabetic retinopathy, other researches have shown no connection between diabetic retinopathy and vitamin D deficiency. Investigate vitamin D deficiency on ophthalmological complication diabetic retinopathy in T2DM patients from Hyderabad. Methodology: The data was collected with non-probability selective sampling  which carried out at Sindh institute of ophthalmology & visual sciences(SIOVS) Hyderabad . Records of patients collected by questionnaire from February 2022 to may 2023.Results: A total of 300 patient records to carried out for investigation during the research period. The entire subject grouped in to NPDR and PDR. Vitamin D in DR patients with mean and (SD) (15.60 ± 3.88) with the NPDR mean (15.61 ± 3.77) and in PDR patients mean (15.52±40.99). Male the average of vitamin D was 15.56 ng/ml and in Female vitamin D average was 15.30 ng/ml. Conclusion: There is an association between diabetic retinopathy and low levels of vitamin D in type II diabetes mellitus. Vitamin D involved in progression of diabetic retinopathy.