Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study in China: Objectives, Design and Baseline Characteristics

Yong Zhou; Yang Li; Liang Xu; Jie Xu; Anxing Wang; Xiang Gao; Shouling Wu; Wen Bin Wei; Xingquan Zhao; Jost B. Jonas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084685

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Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study in China: Objectives, Design and Baseline Characteristics

Yong Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yong Zhou, Yang Li

Affiliation Department of Neurology, BeijingTianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Yang Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yong Zhou, Yang Li

Affiliation Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Liang Xu,

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jie Xu,

Affiliation Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Anxing Wang,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, BeijingTianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xiang Gao,

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Shouling Wu ,

* E-mail: drwusl@163.com (SW); weiwenbintr@163.com (WBW); zxq@vip.163.com (XZ)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China
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Wen Bin Wei ,

* E-mail: drwusl@163.com (SW); weiwenbintr@163.com (WBW); zxq@vip.163.com (XZ)

Affiliation Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xingquan Zhao ,

* E-mail: drwusl@163.com (SW); weiwenbintr@163.com (WBW); zxq@vip.163.com (XZ)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, BeijingTianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jost B. Jonas

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht- Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study in China: Objectives, Design and Baseline Characteristics

Yong Zhou,
Yang Li,
Liang Xu,
Jie Xu,
Anxing Wang,
Xiang Gao,
Shouling Wu,
Wen Bin Wei,
Xingquan Zhao,
Jost B. Jonas

Published: December 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084685

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