A comparison in the ability to detect diabetic retinopathy between fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels in a longitudinal study.

Yumi MatsushitaTetsuji YokoyamaNorio TakedaNaotatsu KataiNatsuyo Yoshida-HataYosuke NakamuraShuichiro YamamotoMitsuhiko NodaTetsuya MizoueToru Nakagawa

Published in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism (2020)

It was clarified that the higher the level of FPG and HbA1c was, the higher the incidence of retinopathy after 4 years was. There was no clear threshold. The detection ability of the incidence of retinopathy was almost the same between FPG and HbA1c, suggesting it is possible to detect the risk of retinopathy by HbA1c only.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
risk factors
blood glucose
optical coherence tomography
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
blood pressure
adipose tissue
real time pcr
quantum dots