Carotid artery intima-media thickness, HDL cholesterol levels, and gender associated with poor visual acuity in patients with branch retinal artery occlusion

• Masayuki Yasuda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Hajime Sato,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Yaotome Sato Hajime Eye Clinic, Miyagi, Japan

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• Kazuki Hashimoto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Urara Osada,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Takehiro Hariya,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Hiroko Nakayama,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, JR Sendai Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Toshifumi Asano,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Noriyuki Suzuki,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Tatsu Okabe,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Mai Yamazaki,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Seiryo Eye Clinic, Miyagi, Japan

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• Megumi Uematsu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Masanori Munakata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Hypertension & Research Center for Lifestyle-Related Disease, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Toru Nakazawa

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ntoru@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information Analytics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Department of Retinal Disease Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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