Physical activity, television viewing time, and retinal microvascular caliber

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-525

  Anuradha, Satyamurthy ^a   Healy, Genevieve N ^a,b   Dunstan, David W ^b   Klein, Ronald ^c   Klein, Barbara E ^c   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^e,f   Owen, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

arterioles; microvessels; motor activity; retina; sedentary lifestyle; venules

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY EQUIVALENT; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN EQUIVALENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES; VENULE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952120249     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq412     Document Type: Article

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