Objective: Ophthalmological Complications with their Modified and non-Modified risk factors associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in T2DM Patients in Hyderabad. Study Design: Descriptive Cross-sectional study. Setting: Sindh institute of ophthalmology and visual sciences (SIOVS) Hyderabad Period:
September 2021 to march 2023. Material & Methods: 300 patients presenting at the diabetic clinic of SIOVS Hospital aged between 40-80 years DR with type II diabetes for ≥ 10 years (HbA1C). History including age, gender, DM duration. Eye examination done by ophthalmologist to observe the DR grades.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 61.06 and SD (7.81). Diabetic duration with 17.76 mean & 6.68 SD. Mean of HBA1c was 9.8 ±1.5. There was no significant association between history of smoking and diabetic retinopathy. There was significant association of diabetic retinopathy and age, gender, diabetic duration, HBA1c, hyperlipidimia, hypertension, family history, vitamin D. Conclusion: Diabetic retinopathy is strongly associated with male gender, longer duration of diabetes and poor glycemic control.