Higher levels of physical activity are independently associated with a lower incidence of diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study, Diabetes Distress and Care Registry at Tenri (DDCRT15)

• Hirohito Kuwata,

  Affiliation Department of Diabetology, Nara medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Shintaro Okamura,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan

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• Yasuaki Hayashino,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan

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• Satoru Tsujii,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Tenriyorozu Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan

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• Hitoshi Ishii ,

  * E-mail: hit3910@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Diabetology, Nara medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• for the Diabetes Distress and Care Registry at Tenri Study Group

  ¶Membership of the Distress and Care Registry at Tenri Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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