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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 May 23;62(4):889–909. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.04.004

Table 3.

Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Youth-Onset T1D

Reference Author(s) Year Number of
Subjects
Age at Onset(yrs)
Mean (Range)
Duration (yrs)
Mean(Range)
Percent with Diabetic
Retinopathy*
36 Malone et al 1984 74 “Youth” 4.9±3.3
(1–13)
BDR: 50
PDR: 14
37 Verrotti et al 1994 55 “Children & Adolescent” 6.9±3.1
(4.8–10)
BDR: 16.4
52 Kernell et al 1997 557 14.6 8.0 14.5
39 d’Annunzio et al 1997 100 8.3±3.5
(1.2–16.4)
10.4±1.9
(7.3–14.3)
28
40 Bognetti et al 1997 317 -- -- 22.7
41 Holl et al 1998 441 “Children” 7.6±6.3 16.3
27,28 Olsen et al 1999 339 “Children & adolescent” 13.2 60
29 Skrivarhaug et al 2006 294 <15 24.3
(19.3–29.9)
BDP: 89.1
PDR: 10.9
30 Nordwall et al 2006 80 (7–21) >13 27
42 Majaliwa et al 2007 99 (5–18) 4.76±3.58 22.7
46 Nordwall et al 2009 269 8.6±3.8 25.2±7.6 BDR: 49.6
PDR: 26.1
43 SEARCH 2012 222 <20 6.8±1.0 17
31 Salardi et al 2012 105 (16–40) 19.7 56.2
7 DCCT/EDIC 2010 156 13–18 ~10 ~16 Severe BDR: 16.1
PDR: 9.7
CSME: 1.7
Severe BDR: 19.5
PDR: 18.2
CSME:6.9
*

BDR: Background or nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy; CSME: clinically-significant macular edema