Visual impairment and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Volkert SiersmaRasmus Køster-RasmussenChristine BruunNiels de Fine OlivariusAudun Brunes

Published in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2019)

Visual acuity measured by ophthalmologists in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes was an independent predictor of mortality in the short term.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
risk factors
prognostic factors
coronary artery disease