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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Aguadero N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5070080 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nutrition journal 20161018 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To analyze the relationship between dietary glycemic index (GI) and retinal microvasculature in adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a cross-sectional study of 300 subjects from the EVIDENT II study. Dietary GI was calculated using a validated, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Retinal photographs were digitized, temporal vessels were measured in an area 0.5-1 disc diameter from the optic disc and arteriolar-venular index (AVI) was estimated with semi-automated softwar ...[more]