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ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2021

Determining Risk Factors That Affect Progression in Patients with Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

Dalbert J Chen, Jacky C Kuo, Alex J Wright, Alice Z Chuang, Wenyaw Chan, Robert M Feldman, Eric L Crowell

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Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy predicts diabetic retinopathy progression in Asian population with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dalbert J ChenRuiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.204, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-3102
Jacky C KuoDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 1200 Pressler St., RAS E827, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Alex J WrightRuiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.204, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Alice Z ChuangRuiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.204, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Wenyaw ChanDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 1200 Pressler St., RAS E827, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Robert M FeldmanRuiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.204, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Eric L CrowellRuiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.204, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6986-5307
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USHarris Health System · US

Funding

UTHouston Core Center for Vision ResearchP30EY028102 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DRAGOI, VALENTIN · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY028102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine risk factors that affect nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) progression and establish a predictive model to estimate the probability of and time to progression in NPDR.

resultsTwo hundred thirty patients were included. Initially, 65 eyes (28.3%) had no retinopathy; 73 (31.7%) mild NPDR; 60 (26.1%) moderate NPDR; and 32 (13.9%) severe NPDR. Patients were followed for a mean of 5.8 years (±2.0 years; range 2.1-9.4 years). 164 (71.3%) eyes progressed during the follow-up. Time-independent risk factors affecting progression rate were age (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.99,

conclusionHbA1c level is a significant modifiable risk factor in controlling the progression of DR. The proposed model could be used to predict the time and rate of progression based on an individual's risk factors. A prospective multicenter study should be conducted to further validate our model.

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PMID34888097
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