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Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors among adults in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between poor glycemic control and apical periodontitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2026Pooled it
- Integrative Evidence on Sesame Supplementation for Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Relevant to Retinopathy.International journal of medical sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of diabetic foot ulcers and associated factors among adults in Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Diabetic Retinopathy and Current Treatment Approaches: From Pathogenesis to Extracellular Vesicle-Based Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Medicine · 2026Article
- Incidence and predictors of diabetic retinopathy among patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension: a 10-year retrospective follow-up study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Associated Factors Among Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Preventive and Protective Effects of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Boosters in Aging and Retinal Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Aflibercept for the treatment of pigmentary retinopathy in Kearns-Sayre syndrome?Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Genetic mechanisms of dynamic functional connectivity density in diabetic retinopathy brains: a combined transcriptomic and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Article
- Associations of night sleep duration and daytime napping with diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Non-Proliferative Retinopathy in Elderly Patients with T2DM: Metabolic-Behavioral Interaction Analysis.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Factors associated with knowledge of diabetic retinopathy among adults with diabetes on follow-up care at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2025Article
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Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes mellitus and a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment globally. Limited information existed on the epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy at the national level in Ethiopia. Thus, the objective of this review was to determine the pooled prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors in Ethiopia. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted using previous primary studies that were found in electronic databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, CINHAL, Google Scholar, and online African journals. We evaluated the quality of the included studies using the Newcastle-Ottawa Assessment Scale. The random-effects model was applied because heterogeneity was expected. I-Square and the Cochrane Q statistics were used to evaluate heterogeneity. Publication bias was examined using Egger's test and a funnel plot. A random-effect meta-analysis was applied to pool the odds ratios of risk factors to determine the association between the independent and dependent variables. After 598 articles were found, 22 studies that met the eligibility requirements were included. The pooled prevalence of retinopathy among patients with diabetes in Ethiopia was 24.35% (95% CI: 18.88-29.83), with considerable heterogeneity (I
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