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Retinopathy signs plus a family history of diabetes predict subsequent diabetes risk
April 10th, 2006
Retinopathy signs plus a family history of diabetes predict subsequent risk of clinical diabetes. According to recent research from Australia, "Isolated retinopathy signs are common in non-diabetic individuals and have been shown to be associated with impaired glucose metabolism. In a cohort of people without diabetes, the association of these retinopathy signs and subsequent development of diabetes were examined." T.Y. Wong and colleagues at the University of Melbourne conducted "[a] population based cohort study of 7992 people aged 49 -73 years without diabetes. Retinal photographs of these participants were evaluated for the presence of...
Source: Diabetes Week (2006-04-10)
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