Objectives:

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with retinopathy in patients of the Comprehensive Diabetes Program of the San Genaro Health Center in Villa Chorrillos.

Methods:

Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional, prospective study; with a sample of 119 adults and older adults. Non-probabilistic convenience sampling was used. The variables studied were diabetic retinopathy, type of diabetic retinopathy, degree of diabetic retinopathy, age, sex, educational level, time of illness, time belonging to the program, type of treatment, personal history of arterial hypertension, personal history of dyslipidemia, mean systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP), Body Mass Index (BMI), Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c), Total Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, creatinine clearance, microalbuminuria, visual efficiency of Snell-Sterling, associated ocular pathology and ocular pressure. Descriptive statistical methods were used.

Results:

The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) was 16%, of which 73.7% is non-proliferative DR, 21.2% proliferative DR, and 5.2% macular edema, and in relation to the degrees of Non-Proliferative DR 60% is mild, 33.3% moderate and 6.7% severe and in Proliferative DR 33.3% is early, 33.3% high risk and 33. 3% Severe. The biochemical value that showed a considerable difference was microalbuminuria, reaching a value of 356.93 mg/dl/24hrs.

Conclusions:

The prevalence of retinopathy is 16%, of which 73.7% is nonproliferative retinopathy, 21.2% proliferative retinopathy, and 5.2% macular edema.

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