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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 29;363(3):233–244. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1001288

Table 2.

Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control, Fenofibrate, and Intensive Blood-Pressure Control on Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy and Moderate Vision Loss.*

Treatment Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value Moderate Vision Loss Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P Value
no./total no. (%) no./total no. (%)
Glycemia therapy 0.67 (0.51–0.87) 0.003 0.95 (0.80–1.13) 0.56
 Intensive 104/1429 (7.3) 266/1629 (16.3)
 Standard 149/1427 (10.4) 273/1634 (16.7)
Dyslipidemia therapy 0.60 (0.42–0.87) 0.006 1.04 (0.83–1.32) 0.73
 With fenofibrate 52/806 (6.5) 145/908 (16.0)
 With placebo 80/787 (10.2) 136/893 (15.2)
Antihypertensive therapy 1.23 (0.84–1.79) 0.29 1.27 (0.99–1.62) 0.06
 Intensive 67/647 (10.4) 145/749 (19.4)
 Standard 54/616 (8.8) 113/713 (15.8)
*

Moderate vision loss was defined as loss of visual acuity by three or more lines in either eye.

Dyslipidemia therapy consisted of simvastatin plus either fenofibrate or placebo.