Retinal microvascular abnormalities and blood pressure in older people: The Cardiovascular Health Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1007-1013

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Hubbard, L D ^b   Klein, R ^b   Marino, E K ^c   Kronmal, R ^c   Sharrett, A R ^d   Siscovick, D S ^c   Burke, G ^e   Tielsch, J M ^f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036724756     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.1007     Document Type: Article

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