Investigation of associations between retinal microvascular parameters and albuminuria in UK Biobank: a cross-sectional case-control study

Abstract Background Associations between microvascular variation and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been reported previously. Non-invasive retinal fundus imaging enables evaluation of the microvascular network and may offer insight to systemic risk associated with CKD. Methods Retinal microvascul...

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Main Authors: Euan N. Paterson, Chris Cardwell, Thomas J. MacGillivray, Emanuele Trucco, Alexander S. Doney, Paul Foster, Alexander P. Maxwell, Gareth J. McKay, on behalf of The UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02273-6