The relationship between retinal arteriolar and venular calibers is genetically mediated, and each is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 975-981

  Fahy, Samantha J ^a   Sun, Cong ^b   Zhu, Gu ^c   Healey, Paul R ^d   Spector, Tim D ^a   Martin, Nicolas G ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^e,f   Mackey, David A ^d,e,g   Hammond, Christopher J ^a   Andrew, Toby ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VENULE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VENULES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953273444     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5927     Document Type: Article

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