Screening for diabetic retinopathy with fluorescein angiography in patients with type 1 diabetes from adolescence to adult life. A retrospective study of the past 30 years of clinical practice in a tertiary Belgian centre

Background: The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence and progression of DR diagnosed by fluorescein angiography (FA) in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) during a 30-year follow-up, and the relationship with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Materials and methods: We included 4325 FA reports representing 851 patients with T1D with a mean age at diagnosis of 10.4 years (range: 0.0–49.9) and followed between 1986 and 2015. Clinical characteristics of the population were collected from patients’ files. The HbA1c level was measured within a maximum period of ±1 year from the date... Mehr ...