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Can the retinal microvasculature offer clues to cardiovascular risk factors in early life?
Author(s) -
Li LingJun,
Lee YungSeng,
Wong TienYin,
Cheung Carol YimLui
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.12294
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal , pathological , microcirculation , genetic predisposition , epidemiology , population , pathology , intensive care medicine , bioinformatics , ophthalmology , disease , environmental health , biology
Adulthood cardiovascular diseases ( CVD ) burdening in adulthood have been suggested to have possible predisposition early in life. We aimed to systematically review the literatures on retinal microvasculature among paediatric population in relation to a range of environmental and systemic changes. Papers with quantitative retinal vascular assessment and epidemiological design were reviewed. Conclusion This review supports the theory that major vascular diseases have pathological predisposition early in life by providing morphological evidence on retinal microcirculation in vivo .