Three-Year Incidence and Cumulative Prevalence of Retinopathy: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 970-976

  Wong, Tien Y ^a,b   Klein, Ronald ^c   Amirul Islam, F M ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Couper, David J ^e   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Hubbard, Larry D ^c   Sharrett, A Richey ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248591364     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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