Cui J, et al. – In this present study, the physicians intended to analyze the exact risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the Chinese population. The prevalence of DR among patients with diabetes was 8.1%. Moreover, disease duration, body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), creatinine clearance rate (CCR), uric acid (UA) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) were independently associated with DR.