Retinal microvascular changes and risk of stroke: The Singapore Malay eye study

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2402-2408

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,b,c   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,d   Ong, Yi Ting ^a,b   De Silva, Deidre A ^e   Chow, Khuan Yew ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f National Registry of Diseases Office   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Epidemiology; Retinal vascular imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRANCHING ANGLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; SEX; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TORTUOSITY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RETINAL VASCULAR IMAGING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 84884501914     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001738     Document Type: Article

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