Research Article

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

Table 2

Prevalence of visual impairment according to best-corrected 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
30–49933.23 (0.67, 9.14)1.08 (0.03, 5.85)3.33 (0.69, 9.43)2.22 (0.27, 7.80)
50–592551.96 (0.64, 4.52)1.18 (0.24, 3.40)4.94 (2.58, 8.47)2.47 (0.91, 5.30)
60–692970.34 (0.01, 1.86)0.67 (0.08, 2.41)8.93 (5.86, 12.90)2.86 (1.24, 5.55)
70+1623.70 (1.37, 7.89)0 (0.00, 0.00)10.20 (5.82, 16.27)5.44 (2.38, 1 0.44)
Total8071.86 (1.04, 3.05)0.74 (0.27, 1.61)7.24 (5.50, 9.32)3.16 (2.03, 4.66)

Women
30–49712.82 (0.34, 9.81)0 (0.00, 0.00)0 (0.00, 0.00)2.90 (0.35, 10.08)
50–593541.98 (0.80, 4.03)0.56 (0.07, 2.03)6.38 (3.99, 9.59)2.74 (1.26, 5.13)
60–694831.86 (0.86, 3.51)0.62 (0.13, 1.80)11.21 (8.39, 14.59)3.04 (1.63, 5.14)
70+2458.57 (5.38, 12.80)0 (0.00, 0.00)14.68 (1.026, 20.09)8.26 (4.97, 12.74)
Total11533.38 (2.42, 4.60)0.43 (0.14, 1.01)9.67 (7.95, 11.63)4.02 (2.91, 5.40)

Total
30+19602.76 (2.08, 3.58)0.56 (0.28, 1.00)8.65 (7.39, 10.04)3.66 (2.84, 4.63)
40+19472.77 (2.09, 3.60)0.56 (0.28, 1.01)8.71 (7.44, 10.11)3.69 (2.86, 4.66)
50+17962.73 (2.03, 3.59)0.56 (0.27, 1.02)9.30 (7.94, 10.81)3.77 (2.90, 4.81)
60+11873.12 (2.20, 4.27)0.42 (0.14, 0.98)11.18 (9.36, 13.22)4.38 (3.24, 5.78)

FS-DIRECT: Fushun Diabetic Retinopathy Cohort Study.