“…Patients were subjected to detailed eye examination with ophthalmoscopy and funduscopy and fundus photography to assess retinopathy. In addition to a thorough physical examination, we examined the following variables for each patient: body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA 1c ), lipid profile (triglyceride [TG], total cholesterol [TC], high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C]), albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) and albumin excretion rate (AER), as described in our previous report [ 13 ].…”