Aim: To determine the risk factors of Clinically Significant Macular Edema (CSME) in patients with diabetic retinopathy in a Indian clinical population Bangalore. Methods: This is a case control study in which 150 patients were recruited Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) with clinically significant macular edema (CSME) and 150 patients were recruited Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) with NonCSME. Univariate logistic regression to find out the relation in between duration of DM, Obesity, Hypertension (HTN), Fasting blood sugar (FBS), postprandial blood sugar (PPBS), Glycated Hb( HbA1c) and Anemia between the two groups.

Keywords : Systemic factors; clinically significant macular edema; diabetes.