<![CDATA[One of the complications that can occur in microvaskular diabetes mellitus is diabetic retinopathy. This research was carried out to know the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in patients type 2 diabetes mellitus at internal divison of Sanglah Hospital. The method used is cross sectional by collecting data from the questionnaire and secondary data of medical record patient's type 2 DM. On this research acquired 111 patients (35.1%) with diabetic retinopathy and (64,9%) nonretinopathy. In the group with good level of HbA1c (<6.5%) the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy obtained 53.2%, in the group of patients with moderate level of HbA1c (6.5-8%) as much as 22.5%, and in the group of patients with HbA1c bad level (>8%) as much as 24.3%. The prevalence of the occurrence of DM complications in the diabetic retinopathy is still high, and a good level of HbA1c does not guarantee a person can’t have complication because the complication can also happens are affected by hypertension, dyslipidemia, age, and duration of DM.]]>
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