author(s)
Sabina Shaikh, Tahira J Ursani, Khalid H Dhiloo, Rocky Samuel, Rafeen Talpur, Muhammad Jawed, Muhammad Yaseen and Kousar Yaqoob

abstract
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the major cause of acquired blindness and visual impairment among the people of working age as well as those aged 60 years or more. The present study was carried out to ensure the prevalence and to examine the factors involved in the progression of DR in T2DM patients from Hyderabad and adjoin areas. Therefore, total 180 patients were observed in our study with type 2 DM out of which 127 were male (70.56%) and 53 were female (29.44%) with different age ranges between 50 to 70 years. The results declared that out of 180, 14 (08%) patients were suffering from mild NPDR,17 patients (09%) from moderate NPDR, 22 subjects (12%) with severe NPDR, 50 patients (28%) from PDR,31 cases (17%) with vitreous hemorrhage and 46 patients (26%) with macular oedema with risk factors in DR patients Hypertension 69.44% Cardiovascular disorder 34.44% HBA¬1c values mean &(SD) 10.025(2.34), Triglycerides values reported with mean & SD 317.15 (61.48) and Diabetic Duration mean & (SD) 15.54 (24.54).