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The retinal and choroidal thickness in macular region stratified by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) sectors were measured by a swept-source optical coherence tomography.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1029 patients were included. Both retinal thickness and choroidal thickness decreased with the lower quartile of grip strength. Regression analyses indicated that the average retinal and choroidal thickness increased by 0.14\u2009\u00b5m (95%\u2009CI: 0.03 to 0.25\u2009\u00b5m, p=0.011) and 0.57\u2009\u00b5m (95%\u2009CI: 0.03 to 1.11\u2009\u00b5m, p=0.037), respectively, for each additional kilogram of grip strength following adjustment for age and sex. Further adjustments were made for axial length, haemoglobin A1c, length of time the patient had diabetes, insulin usage, height, weight and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which resulted in an average retinal and choroidal thickness increase of 0.13\u2009\u00b5m (95%\u2009CI: 0.02 to 0.24\u2009\u00b5m, p=0.024) and 0.65\u2009\u00b5m (95%\u2009CI: 0.13 to 1.16\u2009\u00b5m, p=0.013), respectively, for each additional kilogram of grip strength. Consistent results were obtained in the analyses in ETDRS 9 sectors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Lower hand grip strength was found to be significantly associated with thinner retinal and choroidal layers in patients with diabetes. Grip strength may provide a useful and easily administered indicator of retinal status in patients with diabetes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-036782","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,20]],"date-time":"2020-07-20T06:23:41Z","timestamp":1595226221000},"page":"e036782","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Associations of grip strength with retinal and choroidal thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without retinopathy: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Zihan","family":"Qiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5273-3332","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Miao","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Langhua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuting","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xia","family":"Gong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenyong","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.i6505"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)00618-8"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2337\/dc11-1909"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2337\/dc15-2171"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.k1651"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2337\/dc17-0921"},{"key":"2025121422423004000_10.7.e036782.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1120","DOI":"10.1111\/dme.13323","article-title":"Association between grip strength and diabetes prevalence in black, South-Asian, and white European ethnic groups: a cross-sectional analysis of 418\u00a0656 participants in the UK Biobank study","volume":"34","author":"Ntuk","year":"2017","journal-title":"Diabet. 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