Retinopathy predicts stroke but not myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II

Table 3 Model A shows the most parsimonious Cox model, with age as the timeline, for all incident stroke events. Model B shows the addition of moderate non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) or worse to Model A

Baseline variable	Model A		Model B
Baseline variable	Cox model, HR (95% CI)	p-value	Cox model, HR (95% CI)	p-value
HbA_1c (per 1% increase)	1.24 (1.03, 1.51)	0.027	1.21 (0.99, 1.47)	0.062
Atrial fibrillation	3.20 (1.50, 6.84)	0.003	3.50 (1.62, 7.56)	0.001
Ln (urinary albumin:creatinine)^a	1.34 (1.12, 1.61)	0.002	1.30 (1.08, 1.56)	0.006
Moderate NPDR or worse			2.55 (1.19, 5.47)	0.016

^aA 2.72-fold increase in urinary albumin:creatinine corresponds to an increase of 1 in ln(urinary albumin:creatinine)

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