Retinal microvasculature: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To describe distributions and concordance of retinal microvasculature measurements in a population-based sample of Australian parent-child dyads at child age 11-12 years. DESIGN:Cross-sectional Child Health CheckPoint study, between waves 6 and 7 of the national population-based Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). SETTING:Assessment centres in seven Australian cities, February 2015-March 2016. PARTICIPANTS:Of the 1874 participating families, 1288 children (51% girls) and 1264 parents (87% mothers, mean age 43.7) were analysed. Diabetic participants and non-biological pairs were excluded from concordance analyses. OUTCOME MEASURES:Retinal photographs were taken by non-mydriatic fundus camera. Trained graders scored vascular calibre using semi-automated software, yie

SUBMITTER: Dascalu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature