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Increased Burden of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Retinopathy.
Diabetes Care
September 2016
Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and University Hospital, Badalona, Spain CIBERDEM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
Objective: We sought to examine the presence and severity of brain small vessel disease (SVD) in patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) compared with those without DR.
Research Design And Methods: We evaluated 312 patients with type 2 diabetes without previous cardiovascular disease (men 51%; mean age 57 years; age range 40-75 years); 153 patients (49%) had DR. MRI was performed to evaluate the presence and severity (age-related white matter changes scale) of white matter lesions (WMLs) and lacunes, and transcranial Doppler ultrasound was used to measure the Gosling pulsatility index (PI) of the middle cerebral artery (MCA).