Even though, a small, marginally significant, effect of increasing aortic stiffness on DR incidence was still demonstrated here.
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Predictors of Development and Progression of Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Importance of Blood Pressure Parameters.
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Higher LDL-cholesterol levels at baseline (with borderline significance) and in the cumulative exposure model were independent predictors of retinopathy development/progression.
Increased aortic stiffness during the first-year of follow-up was a borderline significant predictor of new DR development, but not of DR progression.