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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Genetic study of diabetic retinopathy: recruitment methodology and analysis of baseline characteristics |
Author: | Kaidonis, G. Abhary, S. Daniell, M. Gillies, M. Fogarty, R. Petrovsky, N. Jenkins, A. Essex, R. Chang, J. Pal, B. Hewitt, A. Burdon, K. Craig, J. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2014; 42(5):486-493 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1442-6404 1442-9071 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Georgia Kaidonis, Sotoodeh Abhary, Mark Daniell, Mark Gillies, Rhys Fogarty, Nikolai Petrovsky, Alicia Jenkins, Rohan Essex, John H Chang, Bishwanath Pal, Alex W Hewitt, Kathryn P Burdon and Jamie E Craig |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a blinding disease of increasing prevalence that is caused by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Here we describe the patient recruitment methodology, case and control definitions, and clinical characteristics of a study sample to be used for genome-wide association analysis to detect genetic risk variants of DR. METHODS: One thousand six hundred sixty-nine participants with either type 1 (T1) or type 2 (T2) diabetes mellitus (DM) aged 18 to 95 years were recruited in Australian hospital clinics. Individuals with T2DM had disease duration of at least 5 years and were taking oral hypoglycaemic medication, and/or insulin therapy. Participants underwent ophthalmic examination. Medical history and biochemistry results were collected. Venous blood was obtained for genetic analysis. RESULTS: Six hundred eighty-three diabetic cases (178 T1DM and 505 T2DM participants) with sight-threatening DR, defined as severe non-proliferative DR, proliferative DR or diabetic macular oedema were included in this analysis. Eight hundred twelve individuals with DM but no DR or minimal non-proliferative DR were recruited as controls (191 with T1DM and 621 with T2DM). The presence of sight-threatening DR was significantly correlated with DM duration, hypertension, nephropathy, neuropathy, HbA1C and body mass index. Diabetic macular oedema was associated with T2DM (P < 0.001), whereas proliferative DR was associated with T1DM (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Adoption of a case-control study design involving extremes of the DR phenotype makes this a suitable cohort, for a well-powered genome-wide association study to detect genetic risk variants for DR. |
Keywords: | diabetic macular oedema; diabetic retinopathy; genome-wide association study |
Rights: | © 2013 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists |
DOI: | 10.1111/ceo.12239 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/595918 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.12239 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Opthalmology & Visual Sciences publications |
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