Retinal vessel diameter and cardiovascular mortality: Pooled data analysis from two older populations

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1984-1992

  Wang, Jie Jin ^a,e   Liew, Gerald ^a,e   Klein, Ronald ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^a,e   Knudtson, Michael D ^b   Klein, Barbara E K ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,d   Burlutsky, George ^a,e   Mitchell, Paul ^a,e  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beaver Dam Eye Study; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Population based cohort; Retinal microvasculature; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STROKE; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 35348859081     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm221     Document Type: Article

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