Objective:

Identify the relationship of glycosylated hemoglobin and albuminuria to progression of diabetic retinopathy.

Methods:

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Santiago de Cuba Ophthalmology Center from October 2017 to October 2019. The sample was 42 type 2 diabetic patients.

Results:

A predominance was found of patients with diabetes mellitus for more than 10 years and the 55 years and over age group (60.0%). Black skin color prevailed with 66.7%, visual acuity above 0.6 was present in 49.4%, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy was the most common type (55.9%). In both groups glycosylated hemoglobin values above 7% prevailed and normal albuminuria was predominant with 46.7% and 66.7%.

Conclusions:

High glycosylated hemoglobin and normal albuminuria values are clinically associated to proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

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