Association of Cognitive Function and Retinal Neural and Vascular Structure in Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Cognitive dysfunction is a growing and understudied public health issue in the aging type 1 diabetic population and is difficult and time-consuming to diagnose. Studies in long duration type 1 diabetes have reported the presence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy was associated with cognitive dysfunction.

Objective

This study assessed whether structural and vascular abnormalities of the retina, representing an extension of the central nervous system, are associated with cognitive impairment and other complications of type 1 diabetes.

Methods

An observational cross-sectional study of individuals with 50 or more years of type 1 diabetes (Joslin Medalist Study) was conducted at a university hospital in the United States. The study included 129 participants wit

SUBMITTER: Fickweiler W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7993575 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature