PMID- 30302129 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220321 IS - 1758-5996 (Print) IS - 1758-5996 (Electronic) IS - 1758-5996 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2018 TI - Combined effect of glycemic and blood pressure control on diabetic retinopathy among Chinese with type-2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 73 LID - 10.1186/s13098-018-0377-7 [doi] LID - 73 AB - BACKGROUND: To explore the associations of glycemic and blood pressure (BP) control with diabetic retinopathy (DR), with special focus on whether different combinations of categories of these two interventions are additive. METHODS: A community-based survey including 913 patients with known type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was conducted in Suzhou, China. Retinal photographs were graded for the presence of DR using the Airlie House classification system. BP and blood hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C) levels were measured by standardized protocols. Binary logistic regression models were established to examine the associations of risk factors with DR. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of any DR was 18.0% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 15.5-20.6%] in this population. Stratified by conventional control thresholds, lower levels of either systolic blood pressure (SBP, < 140 mmHg) or HbA1C (< 7.0%) were not significantly associated with decreased susceptibility to DR, while patients simultaneously with lower HbA1C and SBP levels demonstrated 43% reduced likelihood of developing DR [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.57, 95% CI 0.33-0.99, P = 0.045)], comparing with those with both higher levels of HbA1C (>/= 7.0%) and SBP (>/= 140 mmHg). Meanwhile, the group achieved intensive HbA1C (< 6.5%) and SBP (< 120 mmHg) control goals were found to have the smallest OR, but failed in yielding statistical significance (P = 0.10). CONCLUSIONS: In this community-based DR screening study of Chinese adults with T2DM, combination but not individual of lower SBP (< 140 mmHg) and HbA1C (< 7.0%) levels, were suggested to be associated with a significantly reduced likelihood of having DR. FAU - Pan, Chen-Wei AU - Pan CW AD - 1School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 AD - 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 FAU - Wang, Shan AU - Wang S AD - 1School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 AD - 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 FAU - Xu, Cai-Lian AU - Xu CL AD - 3Lixiang Eye Hospital of Soochow University, 200 East Gan Jiang Road, Suzhou, 215123 China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 AD - 4Department of Ophthalmology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. GRID: grid.430605.4 FAU - Song, E AU - Song E AD - 3Lixiang Eye Hospital of Soochow University, 200 East Gan Jiang Road, Suzhou, 215123 China. ISNI: 0000 0001 0198 0694. GRID: grid.263761.7 AD - 4Department of Ophthalmology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. GRID: grid.430605.4 LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181001 PL - England TA - Diabetol Metab Syndr JT - Diabetology & metabolic syndrome JID - 101488958 PMC - PMC6167778 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blood pressure OT - Diabetic retinopathy OT - Glucose OT - Type-2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2018/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/12 06:01 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2018/10/11 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 377 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13098-018-0377-7 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2018 Oct 1;10:73. doi: 10.1186/s13098-018-0377-7. eCollection 2018.