title: Macular edema in unregulated type 2 diabetic patients following glycemic control.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, Manisa, Turkey. orkayikciogluq@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kayýkçýolu
authors.forename: Bilgin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Göktuğ
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seymenoglu
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tunali
authors.forename: Sabriye Ozkaya
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kafesçiler
authors.forename: Feyzullah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Güclü
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hekimsoy
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose