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Heritability of the retinal microcirculation in Flemish families.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Mar 2013
Liu Yan-Ping, Kuznetsova Tatiana, Jin Yu, Thijs Lutgarde, Asayama Kei, Gu Yu-Mei, Bochud Murielle, Verhamme Peter, Struijker-Boudier Harry A J, Staessen Jan A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Few population studies have described the heritability and intrafamilial concordance of the retinal microvessels, or the genetic or environmental correlations of the phenotypes of these vessels. METHODS: We randomly selected 413 participants from 70 families (mean age, 51.5 years; 50.1% women) from a Flemish population. We postprocessed retinal images using IVAN software to generate the central...
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