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Mei Xiao1, Guangwen Luo1, Zhaowei Zhang1
1Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, 321000, People's Republic of China.
Purpose:
To investigate the correlation between thyroid-related hormones and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in euthyroid patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Patients And Methods:
Patients with T2DM admitted to our hospital between January 2023 and June 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into DR and non-diabetic retinopathy (NDR) groups according to whether DR occurred. Thyroid function-related hormones (TSH, FT3, and FT4), blood glucose indices (FBG and HbA1c), and blood lipid indices (HDL-C, LDL-C, TC, and TG) of the two groups were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression to explore the risk factors for DR. Pearson correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to investigate the correlation of TSH or FT3 with FBG, HbA1c, and TG in DR patients.
Results:
Of the 286 patients with T2DM included in this study, 101 (35.31%) developed DR and 185 (64.69%) did not. High TG, FBG, HbA1c, and TSH and low FT3 levels were independent risk factors for DR in T2DM patients. TSH positively correlated with TG, whereas FT3 negatively correlated with TG and HbA1c in T2DM patients with DR.
Conclusion:
Higher TSH and lower FT3 in T2DM patients with normal thyroid function may affect glucose and lipid metabolism, thereby increasing the risk of DR.
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