Relationship of retinal vascular caliber with diabetes and retinopathy: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-549

  Nguyen, Thanh Tan ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Sharrett, A Richey ^b   Islam, F M Amirul ^a   Klein, Ronald ^c   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEGRO; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; VENULE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 44449165625     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1528     Document Type: Article

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