Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: Few studies investigated the association of genetic difference in metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) gene with diabetic retinopathy but with mixed outcome. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between a set of MMP-2 genetic variants and the risk of diabetic retinopathy in an Arab Tunisian population with type 2 diabetes.Subjects and Methods: A retrospective case-control study involving 779 type 2 diabetes patients with or without diabeti...