The long-term relation among retinal arteriolar narrowing, blood pressure, and incident severe hypertension

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Liew, Gerald ^a   Tan, Ava G ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,c   Leeder, Stephen R ^d   Smith, Wayne ^e   Shankar, Anoop ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteries; Arterioles; Australia; Cohort studies; Hypertension; Incidence; Retinal vessels

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BASELINE SURVEY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRUG; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA VEIN; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 45849101646     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn100     Document Type: Article

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