Associations of physical activity and television viewing time with retinal vascular caliber in a multiethnic asian population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6522-6528

  Anuradha, Satyamurthy ^a   Healy, Genevieve N ^a   Dunstan, David W ^b   Shyong Tai, E ^c   Van Dam, Rob M ^d,e   Lee, Jeannette ^e   Khaing Nang, Ei Ei ^e   Owen, Neville ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; TELEVISION VIEWING; AGED; ASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HISTOLOGY; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; TELEVISION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; SINGAPORE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054703901     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7324     Document Type: Article

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