Early atherosclerosis is associated with retinal microvascular changes in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes have early macrovascular changes (increased intima‐media thickness [IMT]) and early retinal changes that predict clinical disease in adulthood. We hypothesized that early changes in the macrovascular and retinal microvascular beds develop in parallel before retinopathy develops. We therefore aimed to investigate the relationship between changes in atherosclerosis (carotid and aortic IMT) and retinal vascular geometry cross‐sectionally and longitudinally in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

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