Improved arteriole-to-venule ratio of retinal vessels resulting from bariatric surgery

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2262-2267

  Lammert, Alexander ^a   Hasenberg, Till ^a   Kräupner, Caroline ^a   Schnülle, Peter ^a   Hammes, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SOLUBLE INTERCELLULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOLE TO VENULE RATIO; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARTERIOLES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; VENULES;

EID: 84868201813     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.122     Document Type: Article

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