Trevor J. Orchard

Feb 26, 2024 | ophthalmologyscience.org | Rachel Miller |Josyf C. Mychaleckyj |Suna Onengut-Gumuscu |Trevor J. Orchard

To perform a prospective epigenome-wide association study of DNA methylation (DNAm) and 28-year proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) incidence in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Prospective observational cohort study. The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study of childhood-onset (< 17 years) T1D. Stereoscopic fundus photographs were taken in fields 1, 2, and 4 at baseline, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 23, and 28 years after DNAm measurements.