Associations between metabolic syndrome and syndrome components and retinal microvascular signs in a rural Chinese population: The Handan Eye Study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1755-1763

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Yang, Ke ^b   Wang, Fenghua ^a   Liang, Yuanbo ^c,d   Peng, Yi ^a   Shen, Ran ^e   Wong, Tienyin ^f,g   Wang, Ningli ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Retinal arteriolar diameter; Retinal microvascular signs; Retinal venular diameter

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERIOVENOUS NICKING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCED ARTERIOLAR WALL REFLEX; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL ARTERIOLAR NARROWING; GENDER; GENERALIZED RETINAL ARTERIOLAR NARROWING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ABNORMALITY; RETINOPATHY; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; VENULE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VEIN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871294472     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2109-2     Document Type: Article

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