Measures of obesity and age-related eye diseases

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-262

  Klein, B E K ^a   Klein, R ^a   Lee, K E ^a   Jensen, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Age related eye disease; Body mass index; Cataract; Macular degeneration; Obesity; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034919326     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.8.4.251.1612     Document Type: Article

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