Association between blood pressure and retinal vessel diameters among police officers in the US Northeast

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Gu, Ja K. ; Charles, Luenda E. ; Klein, Ronald ; Grady, Lisa M. ; Ma, Claudia C. ; Baughman, Penelope ; Violanti, John M. ; Andrew, Michael E.
• Description:
  Objective ; To examine relationships of blood pressure with central retinal arteriolar equivalent (CRAE) and central retinal venular equivalent (CRVE) among 242 police officers. ; Methods ; Computerized retinal images of each eye were taken. Mean values of CRAE and CRVE were compared across hypertension status categories using ANOVA and ANCOVA. Associations of mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) with CRAE and CRVE were obtained using regression models. ; Results ; CRAE were significantly narrower in officers with uncontrolled hypertension (142.8±2.7 μm), compared to those with controlled hypertension (153.6±2.7μm, p=0.0013) and those with no hypertension (156.4±1.0μm, p≤0.0001) after covariate adjustment. CRAE decreased by 3.43 μm for each 5 mmHG increase in MABP (p≤0.0001). ; Conclusion ; Uncontrolled hypertension was significantly associated with narrower retinal arterioles. No association was observed with retinal venules.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • Blood Pressure
  • Retinal Arteriolar Diameters
  • Retinal Venular Diameters
  • Police
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 60(3):234-240
• Pubmed ID:
  29227361
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5843505
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH009640/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R01 OH010807/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52410/cdc_52410_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 143.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dd0f0d42ad314836774795f5d1b4e60d58b3f767d156fd159c83fac4077e7662