title: Higher levels of physical activity are independently associated with a lower incidence of diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study, Diabetes Distress and Care Registry at Tenri (DDCRT15).
abstract: We assessed the prospective association between baseline levels of physical activity (PA) and the incidence of newly developed diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Data from 1,814 patients with type 2 diabetes without DR were obtained from a Japanese diabetes registry at Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan. To assess the independent correlations between baseline PA levels and newly developed DR, the participants were divided into five categories based on their PA levels. A Cox proportional hazards model with time-varying exposure information was used and adjusted for potential confounders to assess the independent correlations. At baseline, the mean age, BMI, and hemoglobin A1c levels of the patients were 65.5 years, 24.5 kg/m2, and 7.2% (54 mmol/mol), respectively. After 2 years, newly developed DR was confirmed in 184 patients (10.1%). Patients with newly developed DR had longer duration of type 2 diabetes (14.7 versus 11.0 years, p < 0.0001), higher systolic blood pressure (139.2 versus 135.1 mmHg, p = 0.0012), lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (74.0 versus 77.1 mL/min/1.73 m2, p = 0.0382), greater urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (4.00 versus 2.45 mg/mmol, p < 0.0039), and higher HbA1c levels (7.5 versus 7.2%, p = 0.0006) than those without newly developed DR. The multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for DR development were 0.87 (95% CI, 0.53-1.40; p = 0.557), 0.83 (95% CI, 0.52-1.31; p = 0.421), 0.58 (95% CI, 0.35-0.94; p = 0.027), and 0.63 (95% CI, 0.42-0.94; p = 0.025)for the second, third, fourth, and fifth PA categories, respectively, compared with the reference category of patients with a mean PA of 0 metabolic equivalent of task-hours/week). Higher PA levels are independently associated with a lower incidence of DR in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetology, Nara medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashino
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujii
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetology, Nara medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human