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Meta-Analysis
. 2017 Jan;96(3):e5894.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005894.

Prediction of risk of diabetic retinopathy for all-cause mortality, stroke and heart failure: Evidence from epidemiological observational studies

Xiao-Rong Zhu  1 , Yong-Peng Zhang, Lu Bai, Xue-Lian Zhang, Jian-Bo Zhou, Jin-Kui Yang
Affiliations
Meta-Analysis

Prediction of risk of diabetic retinopathy for all-cause mortality, stroke and heart failure: Evidence from epidemiological observational studies

Xiao-Rong Zhu et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jan.

Abstract

To examine and quantify the potential relation between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and risk of all-cause mortality, stroke and heart failure (HF).The resources of meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies were from Pub-med, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, conference, and proceedings.Random/fixed effects models were used to calculate pooled subgroup analysis stratified by different grades of DR was performed to explore the potential source of heterogeneity. Statistical manipulations were undertaken using program STATA.Of the included 25 studies, comprising 142,625 participants, 19 studies were concluded to find the relation of DR to all-cause mortality, 5 for stroke, and 3 for HF. Risk ratio (RR) for all-cause mortality with the presence of DR was 2.33 (95% CI 1.92-2.81) compared with diabetic individuals without DR. Evidences showed a higher risk of all-cause mortality associated with DR in patients with T2D or T1D (RR 2.25, 95% CI 1.91-2.65. RR 2.68, 95% CI 1.34-5.36). According to different grades of DR in patients with T2D, RR for all-cause mortality varied, the risk of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) was 1.38 (1.11-1.70), while the risk of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) was 2.32 (1.75-3.06). There was no evidence of significant heterogeneity (Cochran Q test P = 0.29 vs 0.26, I = 19.6% vs 22.6%, respectively). Data from 5 studies in relation to DR and the risk of stroke showed that DR was significantly associated with increased risk of stroke (RR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.35-2.24), compared with patients without DR. Furthermore, DR (as compared with individuals without DR) was associated with a marginal increased risk of HF in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) (n = 3 studies; RR 2.24, 95% CI 0.98-5.14, P = 0.056).Our results showed that DR increased the risk of all-cause mortality, regardless of the different stages, compared with the diabetic individuals without DR. DR predicted increased risk of stroke and HF. Although only 3 studies about HF were available, the association between DR and HF should be careful.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Flow chart demonstrated those studies that were processed for inclusion in our meta-analysis.
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