5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  The prevalence of diabetic retinal disease (DRD) increased among both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients from 2016 to 2021.

• 2

  Type 1 diabetes patients had a higher prevalence of DRD than type 2 patients, although the relative difference narrowed over time.

• 3

  Overall DRD incidence in type 1 diabetes declined from 55.1 to 39.2 cases per 1,000 person-years between 2016 and 2022.

• 4

  Despite a decrease in overall incidence, type 1 diabetes patients consistently showed higher incidence rates for vision-threatening DRD.

• 5

  The study's limitations included reliance on administrative claims data and lack of clinical details, affecting the comprehensiveness of findings.