Results
diabetic retinopathy
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
After three months, HbA1c decreased to 6.1% from the baseline value of 7.2% in the intervention group compared to 6.6% in the control group from the baseline value of 7.1% (p <0.05). The intervention group had mean total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein of 174 and 95.5 mg/dL, which were significantly lower than 186 and 107.5 mg/dL in the control group. Daily white rice consumption decreased by 36.5% in the intervention vs. 4% in the control group (p <0.05). After three months, the intervention group participants exercised more than the control group (p <0.05). All intervention group participants self-initiated retinal screening checks since the baseline visit among which 13% showed early diabetic retinopathy signs compared to 0% in the control group. Health literacy improvement in the intervention group was found to be sustained after three months too.