Retinal arteriolar diameter and the prevalence and incidence of hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis of their association

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-151

  Chew, Sky K H ^b   Xie, Jing ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous ratio; Blood pressure; Children; Cross sectional studies; Hypertension; Longitudinal studies; Low birth weight; MABP; Mechanisms; Metaanalysis; Peripheral vascular resistance; Population based studies; Retinal arteriolar diameter; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETINAL ARTERIOLAR DIAMETER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ARTERIOLES; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84862778842     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-012-0252-0     Document Type: Review

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