Retinal arteriolar tortuosity and cardiovascular risk factors in a multi-ethnic population study of 10-year-old children; The child heart and health study in England (CHASE)

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1933-1938

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Nightingale, Claire M ^a   Mullen, Robert ^b   Barman, Sarah A ^b   Sattar, Naveed ^c   Cook, Derek G ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; childhood; epidemiology; retinal arteriolar tortuosity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERIOLE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL ARTERIOLAR TORTUOSITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTERIOLES; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 80051550032     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.225219     Document Type: Article

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