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Association of alcohol intake with risk of diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis of observational studies.
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- Differential associations of beverage consumption with diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Diet and ideal food pyramid to prevent or support the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and cataracts.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Associations between alcohol intake and diabetic retinopathy risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Dyslipidemia Might Be Associated with an Increased Risk of Osteoarthritis.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- The association of smoking and risk of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis.Endocrine · 2018Pooled it
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- Associated factors of diabetic retinopathy in type 1 and 2 diabetes in Limpopo province in South Africa.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2024Article
- Associations between fatty acid intake and diabetic retinopathy in a Japanese population.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in US Adults With Vision Impairment.Preventing chronic disease · 2022Article
- The Effect of Diet and Lifestyle on the Course of Diabetic Retinopathy-A Review of the Literature.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Diabetic retinopathy risk in patients with unhealthy lifestyle: A Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Commentary: Predictors of development and progression of diabetic retinopathy: A precis.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Protective Role of microRNA-200a in Diabetic Retinopathy Through Downregulation of PDLIM1.Journal of inflammation research · 2021Article
- Occurrence of Deoxynivalenol and Ochratoxin A in Beers and Wines Commercialized in Paraguay.Toxins · 2019Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among an elderly population with diabetes in Nepal: the Bhaktapur Retina Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Hepatitis B virus infection and the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis.Oncotarget · 2017Article
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- Alcohol and the Eye.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchReview
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Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). The associations of alcohol intake with DR risk have demonstrated contradictory results. Relevant studies were identified by searching electronic databases (Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science) until May 2016. We identified a total of 12,875 DR cases among 37,285 participants in 15 observational studies. The pooled estimation of all the included observational studies was 0.91 (95% CI, 0.79 to 1.06) in a random-effect model. Analyses stratified by study design showed no significant association between alcohol intake and DR incidence in cohort, case control or cross-sectional studies. In the subgroup analyses, neither beer nor spirits intake were associated with DR risk. Furthermore, it was interesting to find that protective effects were detected in the wine (OR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.64 to 0.92) and sherry (OR = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.05 to 0.95) groups. In conclusion, this current meta-analysis demonstrated that alcohol intake was not associated with risk of DR. Subgroup analysis by alcoholic beverage types showed that wine consumption would reduce the incidence of DR. In the future, more large-scale prospective studies with detailed alcohol subtypes and contents are still warranted to clarify the association.
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