Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a predictor of coronary artery disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.
A retrospective cohort study was performed to investigate the relationship between diabetic retinopathy and coronary artery disease in 371 Japanese adult patients with type 2 diabetes. We found that proliferative retinopathy was significantly associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease, even after adjustment for classical coronary risk factors.
Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, JR Tokyo General Hospital, 2-1-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. bqx07367@yahoo.co.jp
Tomohide
T
Yamada
Takanobu
T
Itoi
Yuka
Y
Kiuchi
Mitsuru
M
Nemoto
Shigeo
S
Yamashita
D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies