Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a predictor of coronary artery disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Tomohide Yamada; Takanobu Itoi; Yuka Kiuchi; Mitsuru Nemoto; Shigeo Yamashita

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.007

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a predictor of coronary artery disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Apr;96(1):e4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.007. Epub 2011 Dec 29.

Authors

Tomohide Yamada¹, Takanobu Itoi, Yuka Kiuchi, Mitsuru Nemoto, Shigeo Yamashita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, JR Tokyo General Hospital, 2-1-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 22209013
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.007

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Asian People
Coronary Artery Disease / etiology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
Diabetic Retinopathy / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies