Table 1. Patient demographics of those patients aged 12 years and younger than 12 years.

	n=143
Type of diabetes
1	140 (98%)
2	3 (2%)
Mean age (range)	10.7 years (7–12 years)
Gender
Male	78 (55%)
Female	65 (45%)
Mean diabetes duration (range)	5 years (1 month–11 years)
Mean visual acuity (range)	6/5 (6/4–6/36)
Patients attending diabetic paediatric clinic	139 (97%)