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Retinopathy predicts coronary heart disease mortality

Gerald Liew, Tien Yin Wong, Paul Mitchell, Ning Cheung, J J Wang

Heart · 2008 · 119 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

A finding of retinopathy in people with or without diabetes may signal increased CHD risk. The increased CHD mortality associated with retinopathy in people without diabetes was equivalent to the presence of diabetes itself.

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