Association of systemic inflammatory indices and body mass index with diabetic macular edema in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Ohisa Harley, Yufilia Suci Amelia, Elsa Gustianty, Nanny N M Soetedjo, Arief S Kartasasmita · 2026
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Description
Ohisa Harley and co-authors present a 2026 cross-sectional study testing whether cheap blood-count inflammation scores can flag diabetic macular edema, the sight-threatening swelling that can appear even in early diabetic eye disease. Imaging catches it, but imaging is not everywhere.
Eighty patients with type 2 diabetes and non-proliferative retinopathy were split evenly by scan into edema and no-edema groups. Neutrophil counts ran significantly higher with edema, and two composite indices trended or reached higher values as well. A combined model using the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, the systemic immune-inflammation index, and body mass index discriminated moderately, with an area under the curve of 0.706. The authors present the panel as foundational evidence for a low-cost screening aid, not a replacement for scans.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ohisa Harley, Yufilia Suci Amelia, Elsa Gustianty, Nanny N M Soetedjo, Arief S Kartasasmita |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |