title: Lipoprotein (A) levels in type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: To examine a possible association between lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels and diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 100 type 2 diabetic patients were assessed with the following parameters: age, body mass index, duration of diabetes, blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, Lp(a), and albumin excretion rate (AER). Retinopathy was classified as normal retina (NR), non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) by an ophthalmologist. The PDR group had higher cholesterol (t=-2.24, p<0.05) and creatinine (z=-2.547, p<0.05) levels than the NPDR group. The PDR group had a higher value of AER (z=-2.439, p<0.01) than the NR group. The possibility of developing diabetic retinopathy after 10 years of diabetes was found to be 6.5 fold high (OR; 6.57, 95% CI 1.74-24.79; p<0.05). The Lp(a) levels were similar in the patients with retinopathy and those without retinopathy. In the study, there was no evidence for a relationship between the serum Lp(a) levels and diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: U G O
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Ergün
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztüzün
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seydaoglu
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000097:blood; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D017270:Lipoprotein(a); D002784:Cholesterol; D003404:Creatinine; D009584:Nitrogen