Key result
Duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin, and HbA1C were independently associated with the presence of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetics on insulin therapy (P<0.05).
Case-Control (n=375)
Duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin, and HbA1c are independent risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy.
Duration of diabetes, hypertension, fasting insulin, and HbA1c associate with DR in insulin-treated T2DM; leaves open independent value of modified HOMA.
AIM: To explore the related risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in type 2 diabetes with insulin therapy. METHODS: We studied the relationships among blood glucose, serum C-peptide, plasma insulin, beta-cell function and the development of DR. Beta-cell function was assessed by a modified homeostasis model assessment (modified HOMA) which was gained by using C-peptide to replace insulin in the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) of beta-cell function. We also studied the relationships between modified HOMA index and serum C-peptide response to 100g tasteless steamed bread to determine the accuracy of modified HOMA. RESULTS: Our study group consisted of 170 type 2 diabetic inpatients with DR (age: 58.35±13.87y, mean±SD) and 205 type 2 diabetic inpatients with no DR (NDR) (age: 65.52±11.59y). DR patients had higher age, longer diabetic duration, higher hypertension grade, higher postprandial plasma glucose, higher fluctuation level of plasma glucose, lower body mass index (BMI), lower postprandial serum insulin and C-peptide, lower fluctuation level of serum insulin and C-peptide (P<0.05). In our logistic regression model, duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) were significantly associated with the presence of DR after adjustment for confounding factors (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results suggested although modified HOMA showed significant correlation to the occurrence of DR on Spearman's rank-correlation analysis, logistic regression showed no significant association between these two variables after adjustment for relevant confounding factors (such as age, sex, duration of diabetes, BMI, hypertension grade, HbA1C, plasma insulin). Duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin and HbA1C were independently associated with the development of DR in Chinese type 2 diabetics.
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Li et al. (2014) conducted a case-control in Type 2 diabetes with insulin therapy (n=375). Clinical risk factors (duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin, HbA1C) was evaluated on Presence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) (p=<0.05). Duration of diabetes, hypertension grade, fasting plasma insulin, and HbA1C were independently associated with the presence of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetics on insulin therapy (P<0.05).
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