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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2008 Mar 1;371(9614):736–743. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60343-8

Table 2.

Fasting Plasma Glucose Thresholds above which the Prevalence of Retinopathy Increases

Fasting Plasma Glucose Thresholds (mmol/l)
The Blue Mountains Eye Study The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
On visual inspection 6.3–7.0 7.1–7.8 No clear threshold
Change point model (95% CI) 5.2 (1.6–6.7) 6.3 (2.5–8.7) No clear threshold

CI: confidence intervals

The AusDiab: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study; MESA: Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

*

Adjusted for age, sex and systolic blood pressure.