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ArticleKidney medicine

Retinopathy and Risk of Kidney Disease in Persons With Diabetes.

Jingyao Hong, Aditya Surapaneni, Natalie Daya, Elizabeth Selvin, Josef Coresh, Morgan E Grams, Shoshana H Ballew

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Article in Kidney medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jingyao HongDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Aditya SurapaneniDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Natalie DayaDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Elizabeth SelvinDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Josef CoreshDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Morgan E GramsDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Shoshana H BallewDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

CARDIOVASCULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL TRAININGT32HL007024 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Elizabeth Selvin · 1985 to 2026
$17.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectiveRetinopathy and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are typically considered microvascular complications of diabetes, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are considered macrovascular complications; however, all may share common pathological mechanisms. This study quantified the association of retinopathy with risk of kidney disease and compared with the association with cardiovascular disease in persons with diabetes. STUDY

designRetrospective cohort study. SETTING &

participants1,759 participants in the ARIC study who had diabetes at visit 4 and underwent retinal examination at visit 3. EXPOSURE: Retinopathy. OUTCOME: Prevalent CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 60 mL/min/1.73 m ANALYTICAL APPROACH: The cross-sectional association of retinopathy with prevalent CKD and albuminuria was assessed by logistic regression. The associations between retinopathy, incident CKD, incident ESKD, incident CHD, and incident stroke were examined using Cox proportional hazards models. Seemingly unrelated regression was used to compare the strength of association between retinopathy and outcomes.

resultsDuring the median follow-up period of 14.2 years, 723 participants developed CKD, and there were 109 ESKD events, 399 CHD events, and 196 stroke events. Compared with the participants without retinopathy, participants with retinopathy were more likely to have reduced eGFR (OR, 1.56 [95% CI, 1.09-2.23]) and UACR > 30 mg/g (OR, 1.61 [95% CI, 1.24-2.10]). Retinopathy was associated with risk of incident CKD (HR, 1.22 [95% CI, 1.02-1.46]), ESKD (HR, 1.69 [95% CI, 1.11-2.58]), CHD (HR, 1.46 [95% CI, 1.15-1.84]), and stroke (HR, 1.43 [95% CI, 1.03-1.97]). A stronger relationship was found between retinopathy and CHD when compared with retinopathy and CKD ( LIMITATIONS: Retinal examination and kidney measurements were taken at different visits.

conclusionsThe presence of retinopathy was associated with higher prevalence of kidney disease and higher risk of incident CKD, ESKD, and CHD. These results may suggest that a similar mechanism underlies the development of retinopathy and other adverse outcomes in diabetes.

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Cardiovascular diseasechronic kidney diseasediabetesend-stage kidney diseaseretinopathy

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PMID34693260
PMCPMC8515075
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