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Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Variants and Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy.
Ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2017
Chong Yong He, Fan Qiao, Tham Yih Chung, Gan Alfred, Tan Shu Pei, Tan Gavin, Wang Jie Jin, Mitchell Paul, Wong Tien Yin, Cheng Ching-Yu
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PURPOSE: Genetic association studies to date have not identified any robust risk loci for diabetic retinopathy (DR). We hypothesized that individuals with more diabetes genetic risk alleles have a higher risk of developing DR. DESIGN: Case-control genetic association study. PARTICIPANTS: We evaluated the aggregate effects of multiple type 2 diabetes-associated genetic variants on the risk of DR among 1528...
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