Relationship of retinal vessel caliber to cardiovascular disease and mortality in African Americans with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-567

  Roy, Monique S ^a   Klein, Ronald ^b   Janal, Malvin N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860907340     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.2725     Document Type: Article

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