Glaucoma Risk and the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables Among Older Women in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1081-1089

  Coleman, Anne L ^a,b   Stone, Katie L ^d   Kodjebacheva, Gergana ^a,b   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Pedula, Kathryn L ^e   Ensrud, Kris E ^f   Cauley, Jane A ^g   Hochberg, Marc C ^h   Topouzis, Fotis ⁱ   Badala, Federico ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARROT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRUIT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE; PEACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRUIT; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ODDS RATIO; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 44149127480     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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