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. 2006 Jul 6;90(11):1404–1409. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.093393

Table 3 Fraction of people with diabetes using selected groups of medicines.

Total Retinopathy grading p Value*
0 1 2 3 4a 4b
Type 1 diabetes
 n 656 311 137 161 19 5 32
 BP‐reducing drugs 26.2 13.2 30.1 37.9 26.3 80.0 65.6 0
 Oral antidiabetics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Insulin 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Lipid‐lowering drugs 6.7 3.6 11.0 8.1 0 0 15.6 0.192
Type 2 diabetes
 n 328 193 40 71 12 1 2
 BP‐reducing drugs 57.6 48.3 61.0 73.2 83.3 100.0 50.0 0
 Oral antidiabetics 36.3 40.8 29.3 29.6 33.3 0 0 0.064
 Insulin 64.9 53.7 80.5 83.1 83.3 100.0 100.0 0
 Lipid‐lowering drugs 27.1 27.4 22.0 32.4 16.7 0 0 0.988

BP, blood pressure.

p Values indicate possible trends across increasing levels.

*Trend across increasing grading (excluding 4b) was tested by Mantel–Haenszel linear‐by‐linear association.