Screening for retinal vessel caliber and its association with metabolic syndrome in Japanese adults

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 427-432

  Saito, Koko ^a,b   Nagao, Yukio ^a   Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^b   Kawasaki, Ryo ^b,c,d  

^a Shinoda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; VENULE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 82555195119     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2011.0042     Document Type: Article

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