YAMAMOTO Masahiko, M.D., Ph.D. (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor of Sakeology Center) and SONE Hirohito, M.D., Ph.D. (Cooperating Faculty Member of Sakeology Center; Professor of Department of Hematology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine) et al. reported that large intakes of alcohol per occasion was associated with a high risk of developing severe diabetic retinopathy.
The research result was published in “Preventive Medicine.”

[Paper Information]
【Journal】Preventive Medicine, Volume 191, February 2025, 108220
【Title of the paper】Positive association of large alcohol intake per occasion with vision-threatening severe diabetic retinopathy or diabetic macular edema in Japanese men with type 2 diabetes
【Authors】Masahiko Yamamoto, Kazuya Fujihara*, Hiruma Hasebe, Yuta Yaguchi, Takaho Yamada, Satoru Kodama, Shiro Tanaka, Hirohito Sone
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed
【doi】10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108220