Retinopathy Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Why the study?
Does diabetic retinopathy predict future cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients?
Population
2,103 type 2 diabetic patients
Design
Case-control
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Diabetic retinopathy should not yet inform CVD risk stratification in type 2 diabetes; leaves open its independent predictive value pending prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Does diabetic retinopathy predict future cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients?
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Population
2,103 type 2 diabetic patients
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Intervention
Diabetic retinopathy (as an exposure/predictor)
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Outcome
Future cardiovascular events (incident CVD)hard clinical
This study investigates whether diabetic retinopathy is a predictor of incident cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Cite This Study
Targher et al. (2006) studied this question.