| Literature DB >> 24503044 |
A Kajiwara1, H Miyagawa1, J Saruwatari1, A Kita1, M Sakata1, Y Kawata1, K Oniki1, A Yoshida2, H Jinnouchi2, K Nakagawa3.
Abstract
A clinic-based retrospective longitudinal study conducted for 5.8 ± 2.5 years, including 383 (M/F 245/138) Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus showed that females exhibit a significantly higher prevalence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) at baseline and that female gender is an independent risk factor for the development of DR.Entities:
Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy; Gender difference; Longitudinal study; Type 2 diabetes
Mesh:
Year: 2014 PMID: 24503044 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diabetes Res Clin Pract ISSN: 0168-8227 Impact factor: 5.602