American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63, 1 July 2008

Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Retinal Vascular Caliber (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities [ARIC] Study)

  • Kevin McGeechan, MBiostat

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Gerald Liew, MBBS, MMed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Petra Macaskill, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Les Irwig, MBBCh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Ronald Klein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • A. Richey Sharrett, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Barbara E.K. Klein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Jie J. Wang, MMed, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Lloyd E. Chambless, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Tien Y. Wong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: +613-9929-8352; fax: +613-9662-3859.

Received 4 December 2007; received in revised form 26 February 2008; accepted 26 February 2008. published online 24 April 2008.

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 The ARIC Study is carried out as a collaborative study supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022.

PII: S0002-9149(08)00460-8

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.094

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63, 1 July 2008

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