[Zhonghua yan ke za zhi] Chinese journal of ophthalmology
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Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi · Jun 2013
[Diabetes self-management and its association with diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes].
To investigate the association of diabetic self-management with the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. ⋯ Higher risk of DR is associated with longer duration of diabetes,insulin therapy, higher HbA1c level, male gender, and lower level of education, whereas higher risk of DR is also associated with lower obedience to diet control and less exercise, which suggest that lower level of diabetic self-management increased the risk of DR.