The Adolescent Cardio-Renal Intervention Trial (AdDIT): retinal vascular geometry and renal function in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
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2018
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Benitez-Aguirre, P.
Wong, T.
Craig, M.
Davis, E.
Cotterill, A.
Couper, J.
Cameron, F.
Mahmud, F.
Jones, T.
Hodgson, L.
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Diabetologia, 2018; 61(4):968-976
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Paul Z. Benitez-Aguirre, Tien Y. Wong, Maria E. Craig, Elizabeth A. Davis, Andrew Cotterill, Jennifer J. Couper, Fergus J. Cameron, Farid H. Mahmud, Tim W. Jones, Lauren A. B. Hodgson, R. Neil Dalton, David B. Dunger, KimC. Donaghue, The Adolescent Type, Diabetes Cardio-Renal Intervention Trial, (AdDIT)
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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, determined retinal vascular calibres (standard and extended zones) and tortuosity. RVG measures were analysed continuously and categorically (in quintiles: Q1–Q5) for associations with log₁₀ ACR and ACR risk groups. Results: Greater log₁₀ ACR was associated with narrower vessel calibres and greater tortuosity. The high-risk group was more likely to have extended zone vessel calibres in the lowest quintile (arteriolar Q1 vs Q2–Q5: OR 1.67 [95% CI 1.17, 2.38] and venular OR 1.39 [0.98, 1.99]) and tortuosity in the highest quintile (Q5 vs Q1–Q4: arteriolarOR 2.05 [1.44, 2.92] and venular OR 2.38 [1.67, 3.40]). The effects of retinal vascular calibres and tortuosity were additive such that the participants with the narrowest and most tortuous vessels were more likely to be in the high-risk group (OR 3.32 [1.84, 5.96]). These effects were independent of duration, blood pressure, BMI and blood glucose control. Conclusions/interpretation: Higher ACR in adolescents is associated with narrower and more tortuous retinal vessels. Therefore, RVG phenotypes may serve to identify populations at high risk of diabetes complications during adolescence and well before onset of clinical diabetes complications.
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