Retinal vessel caliber is associated with the 10-year incidence of glaucoma: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-90

  Kawasaki, Ryo ^a,b,c   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,d   Rochtchina, Elena ^d   Lee, Anne J ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,e   Mitchell, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY EQUIVALENT; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN EQUIVALENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN DIAMETER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84872008066     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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