Association between diabetic retinopathy and incident cognitive impairment

Background/Aim The relationship between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and cognitive impairment (CI) is unclear due to equivocal findings from cross-sectional studies and a lack of long-term data. In this population-based cohort study, we investigated the longitudinal association between the severity of DR and the incidence of CI. Methods 682 participants with diabetes, gradable retinal photographs and no CI at baseline 2004–2011) and complete...