Macular edema in unregulated type 2 diabetic patients following glycemic control.
BACKGROUND
We undertook this study to evaluate the changes in macular edema of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with the regulation of hyperglycemia.


METHODS
The study population was comprised of 35 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who had poorly regulated blood glucose values. Ophthalmic examinations including baseline and 6-month macular edema index values of patients by Heidelberg Retinal Tomography (HRT) macular module were done.


RESULTS
Twenty four (68.6%) female patients and 11 (31.4%) male patients with a mean age of 50.7 +/- 10.3 (mean +/- SD) years and mean diabetic duration of 9.8 +/- 7.5 years participated in the study. Twenty two (62.9%) did not have diabetic retinopathy (DR), whereas 13 (37.2%) had background DR with macular edema. There was a significant correlation between duration of diabetes and HRT-II macula edema index for the right and left eyes (r = 0.40, p = 0.21 and r = 0.40, p = 0.22, respectively).


CONCLUSIONS
Macular edema did not change significantly by regulation of glycemic control in the study group.
Kayýkçýolu
Ozcan
O
Ophthalmology Department, Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, Manisa, Turkey. orkayikciogluq@yahoo.com
Ozmen
Bilgin
B
Seymenoglu
Göktuğ
G
Tunali
Didem
D
Kafesçiler
Sabriye Ozkaya
SO
Güclü
Feyzullah
F
Hekimsoy
Zeliha
Z
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001786:Blood Glucose