The Relationship between Retinal Arteriolar and Venular Calibers Is Genetically Mediated, and Each Is Associated with Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

PURPOSE. Retinal arteriolar and venular calibers are highly heritable and associated with cardiovascular disease. This study was designed to investigate the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on the high phenotypic correlation (r = 0.59) between these two traits and to assess th...

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Hauptverfasser: Fahy, Samantha J., Sun, Cong, Zhu, Gu, Healey, Paul R., Spector, Tim D., Martin, Nicolas G., Mitchell, Paul, Wong, Tien Y., Mackey, David A., Hammond, Christopher J., Andrew, Toby
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053116/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20926817
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-5927
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