Kajiwara A, Miyagawa H, Saruwatari J, Kita A, Sakata M, Kawata Y, Oniki K, Yoshida A, Jinnouchi H, Nakagawa K. Gender differences in the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy among Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a clinic-based retrospective longitudinal study.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2014;
103:e7-10. [PMID:
24503044 DOI:
10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.043]
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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.
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