Anthropomorphic measurements and general and ocular parameters in adult Chinese: The Beijing Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 442-447

  Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Zhang, Hai Tao ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior chamber depth; Beijing Eye Study; body height; body mass index; body weight; central corneal thickness; refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INCOME; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960419239     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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