May 23, 2004
Lipid link to diabetic retinopathy
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:910-18.
New data gleaned from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (DCCT/EDIC) suggests that there is a link between lipid profiles of patients with Type I diabetes and retinopathy status. US researchers report that the severity of retinopathy was positively associated with triglycerides and was negatively associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in both men and women. Retinopathy was positively associated with small and medium very low-density lipoprotein and negatively with VLDL size. Retinopathy was positively associated with small LDL, LDL particle concentration, apoB concentration and small HDL among male patients.The study revealed no link between retinopathy and apoA1, Lp(a), or susceptibility of LDL to oxidation.
Posted by mehdi khanlari at May 23, 2004 07:08 PM