The relationship of retinal vessel diameters and fractal dimensions with blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Pengli ^a   Huang, Feng ^a   Lin, Fan ^a   Li, Qiaowei ^a   Yuan, Yin ^a   Gao, Zhonghai ^b   Chen, Falin ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERIOLAR EQUIVALENT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL VASCULAR FRACTAL DIMENSION; SEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84906967808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106551     Document Type: Article

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