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Retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19680136     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prospective relationship of retinal vessel diameters with risk of hypertension in a multiethnic population-based cohort.
METHODS: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis is a population-based study of subclinical cardiovascular disease among white, African-American, Hispanic, and Chinese American adults aged 45-84 years. Retinal vessel diameters were measured using a standardized imaging software at the second examination (considered baseline in this analysis) and summarized as the central retinal artery/vein equivalent. Presence of retinopathy and retinal focal arteriolar narrowing and arteriovenous nicking was assessed by trained graders. Incidence of hypertension was defined among participants at risk as systolic blood pressure at least 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure at least 90 mmHg, or use of an antihypertensive medication.
RESULTS: Of the initial 6237 participants at baseline, 2583 were at risk of hypertension. After 3.2 +/- 0.5 years of follow-up, 448 (17.3%) participants developed hypertension. After adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, the average of mean arterial blood pressure in the first and second examination, and other vascular risk factors, persons with narrower retinal arteriolar diameter and wider venular diameter at baseline were more likely to develop hypertension [odds ratio per SD decrease in central retinal artery equivalent 1.20, 95% confidence intervals 1.02, 1.42; and odds ratio per SD increase in central retinal vein equivalent 1.18, 95% confidence interval 1.02, 1.37]. Persons with focal arteriolar narrowing were also more likely to develop hypertension (odds ratio 1.80, 95% confidence interval 1.09, 2.97).
CONCLUSION: Findings from this multiethnic population confirm that narrower retinal arteriolar diameter and wider venular diameter are associated with the development of hypertension independent of traditional risk factors.
Authors:
Ryo Kawasaki; Ning Cheung; Jie Jin Wang; Ronald Klein; Barbara Ek Klein; Mary Frances Cotch; A Richey Sharrett; Steven Shea; Fm Amirul Islam; Tien Y Wong
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1473-5598     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-20     Completed Date:  2010-01-19     Revised Date:  2013-06-02    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2386-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atherosclerosis / ethnology,  etiology,  pathology*
Capillaries / pathology
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*,  ethnology,  physiopathology
Male
Microcirculation / physiology
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*,  ethnology,  physiopathology
Retinal Vessels / pathology*
Risk Assessment
United States / ethnology
Vasoconstriction / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
N01-HC-95159/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95160/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95161/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95162/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95163/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95164/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95165/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95169/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01HL69979/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; Z01 EY000403-06/EY/NEI NIH HHS; Z01 EY000403-07/EY/NEI NIH HHS; Z01EY00403/EY/NEI NIH HHS; Z99 EY999999/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-08/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-09/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-10/EY/NEI NIH HHS
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Comment In:
J Hypertens. 2009 Dec;27(12):2346-8   [PMID:  19920733 ]

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