Does myopia decrease the risk of diabetic retinopathy in both type-1 and type-2 diabetes mellitus?

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Purpose: To study the relationship between the severity of myopia and the severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: This retrospective study was conducted using data from electronic medical records from a multicentric eyecare network located in various geographic regions of India. Individuals with type 1 or type 2 DM were classified according to their refractive status. Severe nonproliferative DR (NPDR), PDR, or presence of clinically significant macular edema (CSME) with any type of DR was considered as vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR). Results: A total of 472 individuals with type-1 DM (mean age 41 ± 10 years) and 9341 individuals with type-2 DM (52 ± 9 years) were enrolled. Individuals with a hyperopic refractive error had a significant positive association with the diagnosis of VTDR (odds ratio (OR) 1.26; 95%CI 1.04-1.51, P = 0.01) and moderate nonproliferative DR (OR 1.27; 95%CI 1.02-1.59, P = 0.03) in type-2 DM; however, no significant association was found in type-1 DM. After adjusting for age, gender, anisometropia, and duration of diabetes, the presence of high myopia (< - 6 D) reduced the risk of VTDR in type 2 DM (OR 0.18; 95% CI 0.04-0.77, P = 0.02), but no association was found in type 1 DM. Mild and moderate myopia had no significant association with any forms of DR in both type-1 and type-2 DM. Conclusion: Hyperopic refractive error was found to increase the risk of VTDR in persons with type 2 DM. High-myopic refractive error is protective for VTDR in type 2 DM, but not in type-1 DM.

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Thakur, S., Verkicharla, P. K., Kammari, P., & Rani, P. K. (2021). Does myopia decrease the risk of diabetic retinopathy in both type-1 and type-2 diabetes mellitus? Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 69(11), 3178–3183. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1403_21

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