The relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and carotid intima media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

SAHIN, SERAP; SAHIN, OSMAN; AYAZ, TESLİME; KARADAG, Zakir; Turkyilmaz, KEMAL; AKTAS, Ezgi; BOSTAN, MEHMET

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.010

The relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and carotid intima media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

SAHIN S. B. , SAHIN O. Z. , AYAZ T. , KARADAG Z., Turkyilmaz K., AKTAS E., ...More

DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.106, no.3, pp.583-589, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 106 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.010
Title of Journal : DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Page Numbers: pp.583-589
Keywords: Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, Carotid intima media thickness, Type 2 diabetes, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY, ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK, HEART-DISEASE, MICROVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, NONDIABETIC SUBJECTS, RETINOPATHY, COMMUNITIES

Abstract

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and to evaluate the relationship between RNFL thickness and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT).