TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Michael A1 - Schönfeld, Carl-Ludwig A1 - Grammer, Tanja A1 - Krane, Vera A1 - Drechsler, Christiane A1 - Genser, Bernd A1 - Kohnen, Thomas A1 - Wanner, Christoph A1 - März, Winfried T1 - Risk factors for retinopathy in hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus T2 - Scientific reports N2 - There is limited knowledge on the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in dialysis patients. We have investigated the association between diabetes mellitus and lipid-related biomarkers and retinopathy in hemodialysis patients. We reviewed 1,255 hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who participated in the German Diabetes and Dialysis Study (4D Study). Associations between categorical clinical, biochemical variables and diabetic retinopathy were examined by logistic regression. On average, patients were 66 ± 8 years of age, 54% were male and the HbA1c was 6.7% ± 1.3%. DR, found in 71% of the patients, was significantly and positively associated with fasting glucose, HbA1c, time on dialysis, age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index and the prevalence of other microvascular diseases (e.g. neuropathy). Unexpectedly, DR was associated with high HDL cholesterol and high apolipoproteins AI and AII. Patients with coronary artery disease were less likely to have DR. DR was not associated with gender, smoking, diastolic blood pressure, VLDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol. In summary, the prevalence of DR in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring hemodialysis is higher than in patients suffering from T2DM, who do not receive hemodialysis. DR was positively related to systolic blood pressure (BP), glucometabolic control, and, paradoxically, HDL cholesterol. This data suggests that glucose and blood pressure control may delay the development of DR in patients with diabetes mellitus on dialysis. KW - Endocrinology KW - Kidney diseases KW - Retinal diseases KW - Type 2 diabetes Y1 - 2020 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/81332 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-813329 SN - 2045-2322 N1 - 4D “core study” was funded by Pfizer. The statistical evaluation was funded by the Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and the Department of Medicine, University Clinic Würzburg, Germany. Open access funding provided by Projekt DEAL. VL - 10 IS - art. 14158 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature CY - [London] ER -