Retinal fractal dimension is increased in persons with diabetes but not impaired glucose metabolism: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study

Diabetologia

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2042-2045

  Yau, J W Y ^a,b   Kawasaki, R ^a   Islam, F M A ^a,c   Shaw, J ^d   Zimmet, P ^d   Wang, J J ^a,e   Wong, T Y ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Fundus photographs; Impaired glucose metabolism; Microvascular changes; Retinal fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 77955549967     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1811-z     Document Type: Article

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