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Association of alcohol intake with incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy.

Preeti GuptaEva Katie FenwickSabanayagam CharumathiAlfred Tau Liang GanYih-Chung ThamSahil ThakurRyan Eyn Kidd ManPaul MitchellTien Yin WongChing-Yu ChengEcosse Luc Lamoureux
Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2020)
In our longitudinal population of Singapore Indians, baseline alcohol intake, particularly infrequent consumption, was associated with lower risk of developing DR, compared with non-drinkers, in line with previous cross-sectional findings.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • cross sectional
  • alcohol consumption
  • optical coherence tomography
  • weight gain
  • risk factors
  • editorial comment