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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-21762021000100003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización epidemiológica y clínica de pacientes con retinopatía diabética]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical and epidemiological characterization of diabetic retinopathy patients]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz Miranda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Magdevis]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Ramos López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Meisy]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Infante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yaimet]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hormigo Puertas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iraisis]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Dupert Carbajal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Danay]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General &#8220;Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso&#8221; Centro Oftalmológico de Santiago de Cuba ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología "Ramón Pando Ferrer"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo: Caracterizar los pacientes con retinopatía diabética desde el punto de vista epidemiológico y clínico.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal en el Centro Oftalmológico de Santiago de Cuba, desde octubre del año 2017 hasta octubre de 2019, en una población de 42 pacientes diabéticos tipo 2.  Resultados:  Predominaron los pacientes con tiempo de diabetes mellitus mayor de 10 años, y edades de 55 años o más (60,0 %); el mayor porcentaje correspondió al color de piel negra (66,7 %); la agudeza visual mayor de 0,6 se presentó en el 49,4 % de los casos; la retinopatía diabética proliferativa fue la más presentada con 55,9 %. Hubo predominio, además, de los valores de hemoglobina glicosilada por encima del 7 % y de la normoalbuminuria con 46,7 y 66,7 %, respectivamente, en ambos grupos.  Conclusiones:  Los valores elevados de hemoglobina glicosilada y la normoalbuminuria se asocian, desde el punto de vista clínico, a la retinopatía diabética proliferativa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective: Characterize diabetic retinopathy patients from a clinical and epidemiological point of view.  Methods:  A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted of 42 type 2 diabetic patients at Santiago de Cuba Ophthalmology Center from October 2017 to October 2019.  Results:  A predominance was found of patients who had had diabetes mellitus for more than 10 years and were aged 55 years or over (60.0%); black skin color prevailed with 66.7%; visual acuity above 0.6 was present in 49.4% of the cases, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy was the most common type (55.9%). In both groups glycosylated hemoglobin values above 7% prevailed, whereas normal albuminuria was predominant with 46.7% and 66.7%, respectively.  Conclusions:  High glycosylated hemoglobin and normal albuminuria values are clinically associated to proliferative diabetic retinopathy.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Diabetic retinopathy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic hyperglycemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[glycosylated hemoglobin]]></kwd>
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