Influence of height, weight, and body mass index on optic disc parameters

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2998-3002

  Zheng, Yingfeng ^a,b   Cheung, Carol Y L ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^e   Aung, Tin ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCOME; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINAL SCANNING CONFOCAL LASER TOMOGRAPHY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TONOMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PERIMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77953248659     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4470     Document Type: Article

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