[Relation of retinopathy to puberty and sex in insulin-dependent diabetics].
The authors examined by chromatoophtalmoscopy the optic fundus in 302 children and adolescents with insulin dependent diabetes. They classified the findings according to their own classification and selected from the entire number two groups of patients where the common sign was persistence of diabetes for a period of 5-8 years. Group A (n = 32) was, however, formed only by children under 11 years, while group B (n = 35) comprised adolescents aged 16-20 years. In group A the authors found incipient retinopathy in 12.5% children, in group B in 48.6% of the patients (p < 0.005). The degree of retinopathy was also more severe in older subjects. Comparison of the whole group by sex did not reveal a significant relationship (p > 0.05). In the conclusion the authors draw attention to the necessity of careful follow up of the optic finding in child diabetics, in particular during adolescence.
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Dĕtská ocní klinika FN v Motole, Praha.
Rychnová
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Vavrinec
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
Vztah retinopatie k pubertĕ a pohlaví u inzulíndependentních diabetiků.