Diabetic Retinopathy and Serum Lipoprotein Subclasses in the DCCT/EDIC Cohort

Abstract

NMR-LSP reveals new associations between serum lipoproteins and severity of retinopathy in type 1 diabetes. The data are consistent with a role for dyslipoproteinemia involving lipoprotein subclasses in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy.