Comorbid hepatitis C does not modulate prevalence or severity of diabetic retinopathy.

Lisa R KoenigRussell RosenblattRahil M PatelYiyuan WuThanos D PapakostasAnton OrlinRobison V Paul ChanSzilard KissDonald J D'AmicoSonal KumarMrinali P Gupta

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2019)

In this study, comorbid HCV did not modulate the prevalence or severity of DR among patients with DM. These findings may inform clinical monitoring among HCV-positive diabetics undergoing ophthalmic evaluation.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
hepatitis c virus
risk factors
optical coherence tomography
human immunodeficiency virus
glycemic control
type diabetes
editorial comment
insulin resistance