Degree of diabetic retinopathy depends on

B i.e. Duration of disease The presence & degree of diabetic retinopathy is more closely related to the duration of disease than to its severityQ. Duration of disease is the most impoant and best predictor Q of diabetic retinopathy. In diabetic retinopathy aeriolar changes consist of narrowing Q (not dilation) silver-wiring and obliteration resembling branch retinal aery occlusion. And venous changes are bending, looping and sausage like segmentation.