Blood pressure is associated with retinal vessel signs in preadolescent children

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1406-1412

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Baur, Louise A ^a   Wang, Jie J ^a,b   Teber, Erdahl ^a   Liew, Gerald ^a   Cheung, Ning ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

blood pressure; children; hypertension; retinal arteriolar caliber; retinal venular caliber; Sydney Childhood Eye Study; Sydney Myopia Study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77954386362     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283395223     Document Type: Article

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