New Research Shows Prediabetics Are at Risk for Retinopathy

A series of studies presented or published in the last 5 years have documented that Diabetic Retinopathy occurs in the prediabetic and in ranges of blood sugars that would not previously have been considered worrisome.

While diabetics had the retinopathy about three times more often than the prediabetics, there is still an 8-11% likelihood of retinopathy in persons with hemoglobin a1c in the mid 6.0's . The relationship at first blush seems to be a linear one, calling into question somewhat categorical diagnostic perspectives.