Body mass index and its effects on retinal vessel diameter in 6-year-old children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1527-1533

  Taylor, B ^a   Rochtchina, E ^a   Wang, J J ^a   Wong, T Y ^b,c   Heikal, S ^d   Saw, S M ^c   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Cohort study; Microcirculation; Retinal vessels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN POPULATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VENULE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOLES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 34748837865     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803674     Document Type: Article

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