Journal article

The Adolescent Cardio-Renal Intervention Trial (AdDIT): retinal vascular geometry and renal function in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

PZ Benitez-Aguirre, TY Wong, ME Craig, EA Davis, A Cotterill, JJ Couper, FJ Cameron, FH Mahmud, TW Jones, LAB Hodgson, RN Dalton, DB Dunger, KC Donaghue, S Marshall, J Armitage, P Bingley, W Van’t Hoff, D Daneman, A Neil, J Deanfield Show all

Diabetologia | SPRINGER | Published : 2018

Abstract

Aims/hypothesis: We examined the hypothesis that elevation in urinary albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes is associated with abnormal retinal vascular geometry (RVG) phenotypes. Methods: A cross-sectional study at baseline of the relationship between ACR within the normoalbuminuric range and RVG in 963 adolescents aged 14.4 ± 1.6 years with type 1 diabetes (median duration 6.5 years) screened for participation in AdDIT. A validated algorithm was used to categorise log10 ACR into tertiles: upper tertile ACR was defined as ‘high-risk’ for future albuminuria and the lower two tertiles were deemed ‘low-risk’. RVG analysis, using a semi-automated computer program, d..

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