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Ronald Klein
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 1306
Citations - 163459
Ronald Klein is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 194, co-authored 1305 publications receiving 149140 citations. Previous affiliations of Ronald Klein include Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute & Wake Forest University.
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Determinants of Retinal Microvascular Architecture in Normal Subjects
Alun D. Hughes,Tien Yin Wong,Nicholas Witt,Richard Evans,Simon A. McG. Thom,Barbara E.K. Klein,Nish Chaturvedi,Ronald Klein +7 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that changes in the retinal microvasculature predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) in healthy people without overt cardiovascular or metabolic disease.
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Blood pressure, hypertension and retinopathy in a population.
TL;DR: Estimates of the prevalence of retinal lesions in nondiabetic persons with and without hypertension suggest that retinopathy, and retinal arteriolar narrowing, are common.
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Blood pressure control and diabetic retinopathy.
Ronald Klein,Barbara E.K. Klein +1 more
TL;DR: New findings regarding the role of blood pressure control in the prevention of visual loss in people with diabetes are described and whether specific classes of antihypertensive medications are associated with reduced incidence and progression of retinopathy even in normotensive people with Diabetes is reviewed.
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Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Multi-Ethnic United States Population: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Diana E. Fisher,Barbara E.K. Klein,Tien Yin Wong,Jerome I. Rotter,Xiaohui Li,Sandi Shrager,Gregory L. Burke,Ronald Klein,Mary Frances Cotch +8 more
TL;DR: Variation in the incidence of early AMD exists among racial/ethnic groups in the United States and is not explained by the clinical, genetic, and environmental factors included in this study.
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Development of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in African-Americans and Whites With Type 1 Diabetes
TL;DR: African-Americans with type 1 diabetes may have a higher rate of developing PDR, however, the observed racial difference is attributable to the presence of a worse risk factor profile, especially to poorer glycemic control.