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Retinal Arteriolar Narrowing and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Middle-aged Persons
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CONTEXT: Microvascular processes have been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, but prospective clinical data regarding this hypothesis are unavailable. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of retinal arteriolar narrowing, a marker of microvascular damage from aging, hypertension, and inflammation, to incident diabetes in healthy middle-aged persons. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, an ongoing population-based, prospective cohort study in 4 US communities that began in 1987-1989. Included in this analysis were 7993 persons aged 49 to 73 years without diabetes, of whom retinal photographs were taken during the third examination (1993-1995). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incident diabetes (defined as fasting glucose levels of > or =126 mg/dL [7.0 mmol/L], casual levels of > or =200 mg/dL [11.1 mmol/L], diabetic medications use, or physician diagnosis of diabetes at the fourth examination) by quartile of retinal arteriole-to-venule ratio (AVR). RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 3.5 years, 291 persons (3.6%) had incident diabetes. The incidence of diabetes was higher in persons with lower AVR at baseline (2.4%, 3.1%, 4.0%, and 5.2%, from highest to lowest AVR quartile; P for trend < .001). After controlling for fasting glucose and insulin levels, family history of diabetes, adiposity, physical activity, blood pressure, and other factors, persons in the lowest quartile of AVR were 71% more likely to develop diabetes than those in the highest quartile (odds ratio [OR], 1.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-2.57; P for trend =.002). This association persisted with different diagnostic criteria (OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.10-3.36; P for trend =.01, using a fasting glucose level of > or =141 mg/dL [7.8 mmol/L] as a cutoff), and was seen even in people at lower risk of diabetes, including those without a family history of diabetes, without impaired fasting glucose, and with lower measures of adiposity. CONCLUSIONS: Retinal arteriolar narrowing is independently associated with risk of diabetes, supporting a microvascular role in the development of clinical diabetes.
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“Measures of retinal vascular changes, such as lower arteriole-to-venule ratio, increased retinal arteriole or venular calibre, have also been shown to be related to prediabetes or increased risk of diabetes, but the evidence is not entirely consistent.81–83”
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- Authors
- Wong, T. Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin System (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wong, Tien Yin
- ORCID
- Wong, Tien Yin
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2002-05-15
- Volume
- 287
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 2528
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2087898657
- Cited by
- 320
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 7.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (n01hc035126-003, n01hc55021-47-0-1, n01hc55020-39-0-0, n01hc55016-37-0-0, n01hc055022-024, n01hc035125-006, n01hc55019-35-0-1, n01hc55018-38-0-1, n01hc55015-48-0-1)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01-HC55022, N01-HC-55018, N01 HC 55020, N01 HC 55019, N01 HC-35125, NN01-HC-35126, N1-HC-55021, N01-HC55016, N01‐HC‐55015)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Keywords
- retinal arteriolar narrowing, type 2 diabetes, incident diabetes risk, microvascular damage, middle-aged adults, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, fundus images, hypertension, aging, family history of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, adiposity, physical activity, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, insulin levels, diabetes prevention
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Inflammation, Male, Microcirculation, Middle Aged, Photography, Prospective Studies, Retinal Vessels, Risk Factors, Retinal Artery Occlusion, Logistic Models
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