More than half of patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy had dry eye disease, which was independently associated with older age, high HbA1C and reduced glomerular filtration rate, according to research conducted in Vietnam.
“Kidney complications and eye complications often go together, and ‘renal-retinal syndrome’ originates from this coincidence,” Thang Tran Tat, from Nghe An Eye Hospital in Vietnam, and colleagues wrote in Clinical Ophthalmology. “There have been many studies on dry eyes in diabetic patients. However, the prevalence of dry eyes and related