Assessing the causality between blood pressure and retinal vascular caliber through mendelian randomisation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Ling Jun ^a,b   Liao, Jiemin ^a,c   Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,b,d   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b   Shyong, Tai E ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84959449480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22031     Document Type: Article

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