Association Between Body Composition and Retinal Vascular Caliber in Children and Adolescents [Clinical and Epidemiologic Research]

Conclusions.
In adolescents, greater body fat deposition is related to narrower retinal arterioles and wider retinal venules, and higher body water proportion is associated with retinal arterioles widening and retinal venules narrowing. Even during childhood, body composition might have an association with systemic microvasculature.

Source: Investigative Ophthalmology - February 2, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Xiao, W., Gong, W., Chen, Q., Ding, X., Chang, B., He, M. Tags: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research Source Type: research