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Table 4 Management changes made at the initial clinic visit

From: Optimizing Medical Management in Patients with Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy

Intervention Type 1 diabetes (n = 10 patients) Type 2 diabetes (n = 22 patients)
Insulin initiated 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Modification of insulin regimen 4 (40%) 1 (5%)
Increase in dose of oral hypoglycemic agents 1 (10%) 0 (0%)
New oral hypoglycemic agent initiated 1 (10%) 3 (14%)
Increase in dose of anti-hypertensive medication 1 (10%) 2 (9%)
New anti-hypertensive medication initiated 5 (50%) 10 (45%)
Statin therapy initiated 2 (20%) 3 (4%)
Dose of statin increased 0 (0%) 1 (5%)
Statin changed 0 (0%) 5 (23%)
  1. Values in table are given as the number with the percentage in parenthesis
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