Demographic profile and associated risk factors in retinal vein occlusion

Authors : Subhashish Deb, Gautam Paul

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.021

Volume : 7

Issue : 1

Year : 2021

Page No : 102-106

Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in 52 eyes of 46 patients in the department of ophthalmology, Silchar Medical College, Silchar for a period of one year. May, 2019 with due consideration of definitive aims and objectives.
Results: The commonest (60.87%) age group affected in RVO was 50-69 years. Majority of patients belonged to middle socioeconomic status. Systemic hypertension was the most frequently (52.17%) associated systemic condition to be found as predisposing factors for developing retinal vein occlusion. Other significant risk factors found in this study were diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia and hypermetropia was found to be another risk factor for the development of RVO.
Conclusion: Though RVOs occur with different facets of demography and predisposing factors, most of these are not in direct association with RVOs.

Keywords: Demographic factors, Hypertension, Retinal vein occlusions.


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