This federal Project Grant award of $670,623 from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) will support research to characterize ocular structures and local retinal function in the progression of different phenotypes of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
The research aims to improve the understanding of how glucose dysregulation impacts the eye, including the vascular and neural retina, cornea, and tear film. It will evaluate differences in ocular structural and functional testing, including local retinal oxygenation, between control, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes patient groups. The study will also assess how these ocular phenotypes change over a 2-year prospective follow-up period to determine which patient characteristics and glucose impairment factors are most predictive of ocular changes. This research could enable earlier diagnosis and management of vision loss related to diabetic retinopathy.
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