Association of triglyceride-glucose-body mass index and diabetic retinopathy in Chinese elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional retrospective study
Yaqin Wei, Ziqing Mai, Mianluan Pan, Xinyan Chen, Jinxin Zheng, Yuhao Lin, Xiaohua Li, Xia Meng, Xinjie Lin, Jianquan Zhang · 2026
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Yaqin Wei and colleagues present a 2026 retrospective study of older Chinese patients. All had type 2 diabetes. The team tested a combined index of triglycerides, glucose, and body mass. They asked whether it tracks with diabetic eye disease. Data came from a diabetes complications warning dataset.
Among 1,076 patients, eye disease prevalence was 47.68 percent in the group analysed. After adjustment, upper index quarters faced higher odds of retinopathy. The lowest quarter served as the reference group. Odds roughly doubled in the top group. Curve analysis suggested the link was not a straight line. The authors propose the cheap index as an aid for sorting patients. It is built from routine measures already collected.
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| CREATOR | Yaqin Wei, Ziqing Mai, Mianluan Pan, Xinyan Chen, Jinxin Zheng, Yuhao Lin, Xiaohua Li, Xia Meng, Xinjie Lin, Jianquan Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33815 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |