Diabetic retinopathy as an independent marker of cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes: Results from a nationwide longitudinal matched case-cohort study.
Ditte Simmelkær MabalaLonny StokholmMads Varis Nis AndersenJens AndresenToke BekSteffen HeegaardJavad HajariKurt HøjlundRyo KawasakiCaroline Schmidt LaugesenSören MöllerFrederik Nørregaard PedersenKatja Christina SchielkeAnne Suhr ThykjærJakob GrauslundPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2024)
In a nationwide matched case-cohort study adjusted for potential confounders, DR was identified as an independent marker of prevalent and incident CVD in type 1 diabetes with increasing risk demonstrated for higher levels of DR. Likewise, CVD also independently predicted the risk of incident DR.