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. 2020 Oct 29;14:3651–3659. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S275968

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Risks of DR progression and DME development over 5 years.

Notes: Gray, estimated risk of progressing to severe NPDR or PDR within 5 years of initial DR diagnosis; black, estimated risk of developing DME within 5 years of initial DR diagnosis. Cox proportional hazard models were adjusted for baseline patient demographics, clinical characteristics, and other covariates by fitting five-knot restricted cubic splines for all continuous variables.

Abbreviations: DME, diabetic macular edema; DR, diabetic retinopathy; NPDR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy.