Research Article

The Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Northeast China

Table 1

Prevalence of visual impairment according to visual acuity by gender and age in FS-DIRECT.

GroupNVisual acuity in the better-seeing eyeVisual acuity in the worse-seeing eye
Low visionBlindnessLow visionBlindness
<20/60 and ≥20/400<20/400<20/60 and ≥20/400<20/400
% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)

Men
30–49948.51 (3.75, 16.08)3.19 (0.66, 9.04)11.70 (5.99, 19.97)6.38 (2.38, 13.38)
50–592555.10 (2.74, 8.56)1.57 (0.43, 3.09)11.37 (7.75, 15.92)4.71 (2.45, 8.08)
60–693027.62 (4.89, 11.21)0.66 (0.08, 2.37)22.52 (17.93, 27.65)6.29 (3.83, 9.65)
70+16710.18 (6.04, 15.80)0 (0.00, 0.00)22.16 (16.11, 29.22)11.98 (7.47, 17.89)
Total8187.46 (5.75, 9.48)1.10 (0.50, 2.08)17.73 (15.17, 20.52)6.97 (5.32, 8.93)

Women
30–497212.50 (5.88, 22.41)0 (0.00, 0.00)33.33 (22.66, 45.43)2.78 (0.34, 9.68)
50–5935812.29 (9.07, 16.15)0.84 (0.17, 2.43)16.20 (12.54, 20.43)6.98 (4.57, 10.14)
60–6949611.69 (9.00.14.85)1.01 (0.33, 2.34)20.77 (17.28, 24.61)7.26 (5.13, 9.91)
70+25417.32 (12.88, 22.55)0.39 (0.01, 2.17)32.28 (26.57, 38.41)14.96 (10.81, 19.95)
Total118013.14 (11.26, 15.20)0.76 (0.35, 1.44)22.63 (20.27, 25.12)8.56 (7.03, 10.30)

Total
30+199810.81 (9.48, 12.26)0.90 (0.53, 1.42)20.62 (18.87, 22.46)7.91 (6.76, 9.18)
40+198510.68 (9.36, 12.12)0.91 (0.54, 1.43)20.55 (18.80, 22.40)7.96 (6.81, 9.24)
50+183210.86 (9.47, 12.38)0.82 (0.46, 1.35)20.58 (18.75, 22.50)8.19 (6.97, 9.54)
60+121911.65 (9.90, 1 3.58)0.66 (0.28, 1.29)23.79 (21.42, 26.28)9.27 (7.70, 11.04)

FS-DIRECT: Fushun Diabetic Retinopathy Cohort Study.