Retinopathy Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Type 2 Diabetic Men and Women
Response to Targher et al.
- Auni Juutilainen, MD1,
- Seppo Lehto, MD1,
- Tapani Rönnemaa, MD2,
- Kalevi Pyörälä, MD1 and
- Markku Laakso, MD1
- 1Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
- 2Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Address correspondence to Markku Laakso, Academy Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital, 70210 Kuopio, Finland. E-mail: markku.laakso{at}kuh.fi
Response to Targher et al.
We thank Targher et al. (1) for their interest in our recent article (2). They compared the results from the Valpolicella Heart Diabetes Study (3) to our findings (2) and concluded that the association of retinopathy with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in type 2 diabetic subjects is principally explained by the occurrence of hypertension and proteinuria. Furthermore, they did not find a significant sex difference in the association of retinopathy with incident CVD events.
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Retinopathy Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Type 2 Diabetic Men and Women
