C-reactive protein and retinal microvascular caliber in a multiethnic Asian population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-213

  Yim Lui Cheung, Carol ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a,c   Li, Jialiang ^d   Lee, Jeanette ^c   Tai, E Shyong ^c,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Diabetes mellitus; Retinal vessels; Singapore; Systemic inflammation; Venules

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; PROTEIN; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

ASIA;

EID: 73949088857     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp357     Document Type: Article

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