Retinal arteriolar narrowing and left ventricular hypertrophy in African Americans. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-359

  Tikellis, Gabriella ^a   Arnett, Donna K ^b   Skelton, Thomas N ^c   Taylor, Herman W ^d   Klein, Ronald ^d   Couper, David J ^e   Richey Sharrett, A ^f   Yin Wong, Tien ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e IL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROANGIOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTERIOLES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 40049103123     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.57     Document Type: Article

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