Is diabetic retinopathy related to subclinical cardiovascular disease?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 860-865

  Kawasaki, Ryo ^a,b   Cheung, Ning ^a   Islam, F M Amirul ^a   Klein, Ronald ^c   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Sharrett, A Richey ^e   O'Leary, Daniel ^f   Wong, Tien Y ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Carney Hospital   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955583894     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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