April 26, 2006Diabetes Care
Retinopathy Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients: The Valpolicella Heart Diabetes Study
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 may signal elevated cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes; leaves open independent prognostic value and requires 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 (exposure)
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Outcome
Future cardiovascular events (incident CVD)hard clinical
This study investigates whether diabetic retinopathy predicts future cardiovascular events in a large cohort of type 2 diabetic patients.
Cite This Study
Giovanni Targher (2006) studied this question.