Comparison of retinal vascular geometry in obese and non-obese children.

Childhood obesity is associated with adult cardiometabolic disease. We postulate that the underlying microvascular dysfunction begins in childhood. We thus aimed to compare retinal vascular parameters between obese and non-obese children.This was a cross-sectional study involving 166 children aged 6...

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Main Authors: Evelyn Li Min Tai, Yee Cheng Kueh, Wan-Hazabbah Wan Hitam, Tien Yin Wong, Ismail Shatriah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5794084?pdf=render