Is serum cholesterol associated with progression of diabetic retinopathy or macular edema in persons with younger-onset diabetes of long duration?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 652-654

  Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Moss, Scot E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA;

EID: 0032746282     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00222-6     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Chew E.Y., Klein M.L., Ferris F.L. III, et al. Association of elevated serum lipid levels with retinal hard exudate in diabetic retinopathy Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) Report 22 . Arch Ophthalmol. 114:1996;1079-1084.
2. Klein B.E.K., Moss S.E., Klein R., Surawicz T.S. The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. XIII. Relationship of serum cholesterol to retinopathy and hard exudate. Ophthalmology. 98:1991;1261-1265.
3. Klein R., Klein B.E.K., Moss S.E., Cruickshanks K.J. The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. XIV. Ten-year incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 112:1994;1217-1228.
4. Klein R., Klein B.E.K., Moss S.E., Cruickshanks K.J. The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. XVII. The 14-year incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors in type 1 diabetes. Ophthalmology. 105:1998;1801-1815.