Heritability of retinal vessel diameters and blood pressure: A twin study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3539-3544

  Taarnhøj, Nina C B B ^a,d   Larsen, Michael ^a   Sander, Birgit ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Kessel, Line ^a   Hougaard, Jesper L ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; AGE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33748095203     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1372     Document Type: Article

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