Relationship Between Diabetic Retinopathy Stages and Risk of Major Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Ninon FoussardPierre-Jean SaulnierLouis PotierStéphanie RagotFabrice SchneiderElise GandMarie MonlunLaurence Baillet-BlancoGilberto VelhoMichel MarreRonan RousselVincent RigalleauKamel MohammediSamy Hadjadjnull nullPublished in: Diabetes care (2020)
An independent dose-response relationship was identified between diabetic retinopathy stages and major LEAD. Retinopathy yielded incremental prognostic information for stratifying risk of LEAD, suggesting its usefulness as a predictor of LEAD.