| CENTRAL | Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| DR | Diabetic retinopathy |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PICo | Population–Interest–Context |
| PICO | Population–Intervention/Interest–Comparator–Outcome |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RoB 2 | Risk of Bias 2 |
| T1DM | Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| UK | United Kingdom |