Association of alcohol intake with incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy.

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In our longitudinal population of Singapore Indians, baseline alcohol intake, particularly infrequent consumption, was associated with lower risk of developing DR, compared with non-drinkers, in line with previous cross-sectional findings.
PMID: 32447326 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - May 22, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Gupta P, Fenwick EK, Sabanayagam C, Gan ATL, Tham YC, Thakur S, Man REK, Mitchell P, Wong TY, Cheng CY, Lamoureux EL Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research