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dc.title | Retinal venular calibre is increased in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease: A case-control study | |
dc.contributor.author | Okada, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, T.Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kawasaki, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baharuddin, N.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Colville, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Buchanan, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Savige, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-25T09:47:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-25T09:47:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Okada, M., Wong, T.Y., Kawasaki, R., Baharuddin, N.B., Colville, D., Buchanan, R., Savige, J. (2013-06). Retinal venular calibre is increased in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease: A case-control study. Current Eye Research 38 (6) : 685-690. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3109/02713683.2012.754046 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 02713683 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108526 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: To examine retinal vessel calibre in autoimmune rheumatic disease. Materials and methods: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease were recruited from a Rheumatology clinic. Retinal vessel calibre was measured from fundus photographs, and summarised as the central retinal artery and vein equivalents (CRAE and CRVE) using a semi-automated computer-assisted method. Results: The 124 patients studied had rheumatoid arthritis (n=76, 61%), systemic lupus erythematosus (n=17, 14%), psoriatic arthritis (n=11, 9%) or another rheumatological disease (n=20, 16%). Retinal venular calibre was increased in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (+11.6μm, 95% Confidence interval [CI] 3.8-19.3, p=0.01) compared with other hospital patients, after adjusting for baseline differences. This increase was also present in the subgroup with rheumatoid arthritis (p=0.01). Patients with a rheumatic disease and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels had wider retinal venules than those with a lower CRP (mean CRVE: 247.8±28.0 versus 216.6±25.3, p | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02713683.2012.754046 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Autoimmune rheumatic disease | |
dc.subject | Microvasculature | |
dc.subject | Retinal vascular caliber | |
dc.subject | Rheumatoid arthritis | |
dc.subject | Systemic inflammation | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | OPHTHALMOLOGY | |
dc.description.doi | 10.3109/02713683.2012.754046 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Current Eye Research | |
dc.description.volume | 38 | |
dc.description.issue | 6 | |
dc.description.page | 685-690 | |
dc.description.coden | CEYRD | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000318646600010 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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