The aim of the study was: (1) to define the prevalence of DR in the examined group of 267 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from a Polish population; (2) to identify in cross-sectional analysis, the clinical features associated with DR in the study group; and (3) to search for the association of 4 markers of vitamin D receptor (VDR), a candidate gene for vascular complications in diabetes, with DR.
Association between a protein polymorphism in the start codon of the vitamin D receptor gene and severe diabetic retinopathy in C-peptide-negative type 1 diabetes.
Association between a protein polymorphism in the start codon of the vitamin D receptor gene and severe diabetic retinopathy in C-peptide-negative type 1 diabetes.