Effect of blood pressure on the retinal vasculature in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 975-982

  Jeganathan, Swetha E V ^a,b   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^b   Tai, Shyong E ^c   Lee, Jeannette ^b   Sun, Cong ^a   Kawasaki, Ryo ^a   Nagarajan, Sangeetha ^b   Huey Shi, Maisie Ho ^b   Sandar, Mya ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHINESE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 71049140400     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.130     Document Type: Article

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