Differential association of retinal arteriolar and venular caliber with diabetes and retinopathy

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Tsai, Andrew S H ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Lavanya, Raghavan ^a   Zhang, Rongli ^a   Hamzah, Haslina ^a   Tai, E Shyong ^d   Cheung, Carol Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Retinal vascular caliber

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; AIRLIE HOUSE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOLES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VENULES;

EID: 81255157777     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.07.032     Document Type: Article

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