Dietary fiber intake and retinal vascular caliber in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1626-1632

  Kan, Haidong ^a   Stevens, June ^b   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Klein, Ronald ^c   Rose, Kathryn M ^b   London, Stephanie J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cereal; Dietary fiber; Microcirculation; Retinal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849091327     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.6.1626     Document Type: Article

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