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MOLINA MARTIN, Julio César; HERNANDEZ SILVA, Yaimara  e  MOLINA MARTIN, Luis Alberto. Risk factors associated to diabetic retinopathy. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2006, vol.19, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most frequent cause of blindness in the word, this is the reason why we decided to make an extensive review on the most important risk factors associated to this illness in order to update our knowledge on this topic. The duration of diabetes is the most important factor to develop diabetic retinopathy. Other factors of great significance such as metabolic control of glycemia, blood pressure levels, serum lipid levels, microalbuminuria, nephropathy, treatment type, among others, have also been described. This review evidenced that the strict control and follow-up of these risk factors will help to prevent or greatly reduce the occurence and further development of this type of retinopathy

Palavras-chave : Risk factors; diabetic retinopathy; diabetes mellitus; DR.