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 Police Retinal Arteriolar Diameters Retinal Venular Diameters
• 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
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dd0f0d42ad314836774795f5d1b4e60d58b3f767d156fd159c83fac4077e7662
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52410/cdc_52410_DS1.pdf
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