Each year increase in retinal age gap independently correlated with a 10% increase in the risk of end-stage kidney disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
“With retinal age gap being a strong reflection of the biological aging process, there is potential for it to be a biomarker to identify patients at high risk of ESKD, alongside other retinal changes correlated to kidney disease,” Shiran Zhang, MD, and colleagues wrote. “Therefore, in this study, we aimed to explore the association between the retinal age gap (Read more...)