Association between alcohol consumption and diabetic retinopathy and visual acuity - The AdRem Study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1130-1137

  Lee, C C ^a   Stolk, R P ^a,b   Adler, A I ^a   Patel, A ^d   Chalmers, J ^d   Neal, B ^d   Poulter, N ^e   Harrap, S ^f   Woodward, M ^d,g   Marre, M ^h   Grobbee, D E ^c   Beulens, J W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d George Institute   (Australia)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; diabetic retinopathy; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77956841953     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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