Diabetic retinopathy and kidney involvement in adults with type 2 diabetes in high-altitude Tibet: A cross-sectional subanalysis of the China National Diabetic Chronic Complications Study

were independently associated with diabetic retinopathy, whereas glycated hemoglobin was not significant after adjustment.ConclusionsIn community-dwelling Tibetans with type 2 diabetes living at very high altitude, diabetic retinopathy is common, awareness is low, and markers of kidney damage are strongly associated with diabetic retinopathy, supporting integrated retinal-renal screening.