Quantitative and qualitative retinal microvascular characteristics and blood pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1380-1391

  Cheung, Carol Y ^a   Tay, Wan T ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Wang, Jie J ^b,c   Hsu, Wynne ^d   Lee, Mong L ^d   Lau, Qiangfeng P ^d   Zhu, Ai L ^d   Klein, Ronald ^e   Saw, Seang M ^a,f   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^f NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

arterioles; hypertension; microcirculation; population; retina

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIOLAR CALIBER; ARTERIOLAR TORTUOSITY; ARTERIOVENOUS NICKING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL ARTERIOLAR NARROWING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL ARTERIOLAR BRANCHING ASYMMETRY RATIO; RETINOPATHY; SEX; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENULAR CALIBER; VENULAR TORTUOSITY;

EID: 79958735262     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328347266c     Document Type: Article

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