Associations between gender, ocular parameters and diseases: The Beijing Eye Study

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Xu, Liang ^a   You, Qi Sheng ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Angle closure glaucoma; Beijing Eye Study; Diabetic retinopathy; Gender; Hyperopia; Intraocular pressure; Myopia; Open angle glaucoma; Pterygium; Refractive error; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PARAPAPILLARY ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MICROVASCULAR DISEASE; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACHOMA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHINA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78149462751     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321522     Document Type: Article

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