Retinal microvascular caliber and chronic kidney disease in an Asian population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-632

  Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a,c   Shankar, Anoop ^a,b   Koh, David ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Lim, Su Chi ^d   Tai, E Shyong ^e   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Arterioles; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney diseases; Retina; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 60149105946     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn367     Document Type: Article

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