ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2023
The Ratio of Fibrinogen to Albumin is Related to the Occurrence of Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
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- Association between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and the incidence of diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Exploration of a Multimodal Machine Learning Model Integrating Ultrasound and Clinical Indicators for the Diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Article
- Machine learning-based prediction of diabetic retinopathy using clinlabomics: a multi-center study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Diabetic retinopathy: why some eyes suffer more - a focus on retina-specific risk factors and metabolic memory.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Predictive value of the fibrinogen-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio for sub-clinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) for predicting microvascular flap complications in reconstructive surgery.JPRAS open · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio and red blood cell distribution width in tuberculosis combined with other bacterial infections.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
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- Analysis of Risk Factors for Revitrectomy in Eyes with Diabetic Vitreous Hemorrhage.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
- The Ratio of Fibrinogen to Albumin is Related to the Occurrence of Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients [Letter].Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
- Construction and clinical validation of a nomogram-based predictive model for diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
- Influence of Fibrinogen/Albumin Ratio and Fibrinogen/Pre-Albumin Ratio on Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Type 2 diabetic retinopathy is a long-term chronic inflammatory disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR) and retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: This was a retrospective study that included 500 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and were divided into non-diabetic retinopathy group (NDR, n=297) and diabetic retinopathy group (DR, n=203) according to fundus examination findings, and the DR group was further divided into non-proliferative retinopathy group (NPDR, n=182) and proliferative retinopathy group (PDR, n=21). Baseline data of patients were collected, and the fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR) and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were calculated to analyze the correlation between FAR and NLR and type 2 diabetic retinopathy. Results: The FAR and NLR were significantly higher in the DR group compared with the NDR group (both Conclusion: Our findings show for the first time that FAR is an independent risk factor for assessing DR in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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