Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/48120, first published .
Association of Visceral Obesity Indices With Incident Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study

Association of Visceral Obesity Indices With Incident Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study

Association of Visceral Obesity Indices With Incident Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study

Jiaheng Chen   1 * , MM ;   Yu Ting Li   2, 3 * , MPH ;   Zimin Niu   1 , MM ;   Zhanpeng He   4 , MD ;   Yao Jie Xie   5 , PhD ;   Jose Hernandez   6, 7 , DPhil ;   Wenyong Huang   2, 3 , MD ;   Harry H X Wang   1, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Guangzhou Diabetic Eye Study Group   2

1 School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

2 State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

3 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

4 Liwan Central Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China

5 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, China (Hong Kong)

6 Faculty of Medicine and Health, EDU, Digital Education Holdings Ltd, Kalkara, Malta

7 Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

8 JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China (Hong Kong)

9 Usher Institute, Deanery of Molecular, Genetic & Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

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