Retinal microvascular characteristics, by hypertension status, non-diabetic people
| Focal arteriolar narrowing | Arteriovenous nicking | Retinopathy | Generalised arteriolar narrowing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | OR (95% CI) | No (%) | OR (95% CI) | No (%) | OR (95% CI) | No (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| No (%) represents the number of participants (prevalence of retinal microvascular lesion) within a specific hypertensive category. Generalised arteriolar narrowing defined as the lowest quintile of the arteriolar equivalent distribution in the population. | ||||||||
| *Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of retinal microvascular lesion, comparing a specific hypertensive category to normotensive, adjusted for age, sex, and race. | ||||||||
| †Odds ratio adjusted for age and race only. | ||||||||
| All people* | ||||||||
| Normotensive | 785 (6.1) | 1.0 | 797 (5.9) | 1.0 | 749 (5.6) | 1.0 | 736 (17.5) | 1.0 |
| Hypertensive | ||||||||
| Controlled | 473 (5.1) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) | 486 (6.6) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 436 (6.9) | 1.1 (0.7 to 2.0) | 438 (18.9) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) |
| Uncontrolled | 338 (16.0) | 2.8 (1.8 to 4.2) | 355 (12.1) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.2) | 344 (16.0) | 3.0 (2.0 to 4.6) | 331 (20.5) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.7) |
| Untreated | 183 (24.0) | 4.9 (3.1 to 7.7) | 191 (9.4) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.9) | 178 (7.9) | 1.4 (0.7 to 2.6) | 175 (28.6) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.9) |
| Men† | ||||||||
| Normotensive | 338 (5.3) | 1.0 | 346 (5.8) | 1.0 | 319 (4.7) | 1.0 | 321 (19.0) | 1.0 |
| Hypertensive | ||||||||
| Controlled | 179 (1.7) | 0.3 (0.1 to 1.1) | 186 (5.9) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.2) | 167 (1.8) | 0.4 (0.1 to 1.3) | 166 (20.5) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) |
| Uncontrolled | 106 (11.3) | 2.3 (1.1 to 4.9) | 114 (11.4) | 2.1 (1.0 to 4.3) | 113 (14.2) | 3.2 (1.5 to 6.8) | 104 (20.2) | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) |
| Untreated | 63 (15.9) | 3.6 (1.6 to 8.4) | 64 (7.8) | 1.4 (0.5 to 3.9) | 56 (10.7) | 2.5 (0.9 to 6.7) | 61 (32.8) | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.9) |
| Women† | ||||||||
| Normotensive | 447 (6.7) | 1.0 | 451 (6.0) | 1.0 | 430 (6.3) | 1.0 | 415 (16.4) | 1.0 |
| Hypertensive | ||||||||
| Controlled | 294 (7.1) | 1.1 (0.6 to 2.0) | 300 (7.0) | 1.1 (0.6 to 2.0) | 269 (10.0) | 1.7 (0.9 to 2.9) | 272 (18.0) | 1.2 (0.7 to 1.7) |
| Uncontrolled | 232 (18.1) | 3.1 (1.9 to 5.2) | 241 (12.4) | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.6) | 231 (16.9) | 3.0 (1.8 to 5.1) | 227 (20.7) | 1.3 (0.8 to 1.9) |
| Untreated | 120 (28.3) | 5.6 (3.3 to 9.8) | 127 (10.2) | 1.8 (0.9 to 3.5) | 122 (6.6) | 1.1 (0.5 to 2.4) | 114 (26.3) | 1.8 (1.1 to 3.0) |