Association of Diabetic Retinopathy and Arterial Stiffness With Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
There is a strong association between DR and CVD, while higher PWV was significantly associated with more severe DR. These findings suggest that screening for CVD is crucial in patients with DR, especially in cases of greater severity of DR.
Authors
- Vaia Lambadiari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4620-4039)
- Irini Chatziralli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8523-1024)
- Ignatios Ikonomidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8241-7886)
- Konstantinos Pappelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4624-1622)
- PANAGIOTIS G. THEODOSSIADIS (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-0838)
- Dimitrios Kazantzis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4145-8144)
- Chrysa Agapitou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2778-9773)
- Stamatios Lampsas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-0000)
- Alexandros Chatzirallis
- Alexia Risi-Koziona
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.100396
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00