Association between abdominal obesity and diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 1; p. e0279734
• Main Authors: Fu, Shouqiang, Zhang, Liwei, Xu, Jing, Liu, Ximing, Zhu, Xiaoyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.01.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abdomen; Biology and Life Sciences; Cardiovascular disease; Complications and side effects; Confidence intervals; Cross-sectional studies; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent); Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetic retinopathy; Diabetic Retinopathy - complications; Ethnicity; Heterogeneity; Humans; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Metabolism; Minority & ethnic groups; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity, Abdominal - complications; Observational studies; Parameters; Patients; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Prospective Studies; Research and Analysis Methods; Retinopathy; Risk Factors; Sensitivity analysis; Statistical analysis; Statistical significance; Subgroups; Systematic review; Tomography; China

Previous studies have reported different opinions regarding the association between abdominal obesity and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In this study, we aimed to investigate this problem through a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide a basis for clinic...