Association between blood pressure and retinal arteriolar and venular diameters in Chinese early adolescent children, and whether the association has gender difference: a cross-sectional study

He, Yuan; Li, Shi-Ming; Kang, Meng-Tian; Liu, Luo-Ru; Li, He; Wei, Shi-Fei; Ran, An-Ran; Wang, Ningli

doi:10.1186/s12886-018-0799-x

Table 2 Mean retinal arteriolar diameter, retinal venular diameter, and AVR (mean and standard error) stratified by SBP, DBP and MABP

From: Association between blood pressure and retinal arteriolar and venular diameters in Chinese early adolescent children, and whether the association has gender difference: a cross-sectional study

		n	Range (mm Hg)	Rentinal Arteriolar Diameter (μm)			Rentinal Venular Diameter (μm)			AVR
		n	Range (mm Hg)	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2
SBP	First quartile	375	79 to 100	149.02 ± 1.31	148.70 ± 0.62	147.91 ± 0.56	214.54 ± 0.63	214.91 ± 0.79	212.96 ± 0.71	0.696 ± 0.004	0.688 ± 0.007
	Second quartile	365	101 to 107	146.17 ± 0.62	146.19 ± 0.61	146.20 ± 0.54	213.16 ± 0.30	212.65 ± 0.77	212.12 ± 0.69	0.687 ± 0.002	0.685 ± 0.008
	Third quartile	373	107 to 113	144.24 ± 0.54	144.22 ± 0.60	144.36 ± 0.54	212.23 ± 0.20	212.30 ± 0.76	212.89 ± 0.68	0.681 ± 0.002	0.683 ± 0.008
	Fourth quartile	388	113 to 142	141.63 ± 1.36	141.99 ± 0.61	142.62 ± 0.55	210.97 ± 0.65	210.91 ± 0.78	212.76 ± 0.70	0.672 ± 0.004	0.680 ± 0.009
	P for trend			< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.038	0.941	< 0.001	< 0.0001
DBP	First quartile	323	49 to 61	147.96 ± 2.50	149.14 ± 0.65	148.15 ± 0.58	214.04 ± 1.21	215.49 ± 0.82	213.29 ± 0.75	0.692 ± 0.007	0.687 ± 0.007
	Second quartile	407	61 to 65	145.95 ± 2.18	146.21 ± 0.57	146.19 ± 0.51	213.06 ± 1.05	212.73 ± 0.73	212.19 ± 0.65	0.686 ± 0.007	0.685 ± 0.008
	Third quartile	360	66 to 70	144.49 ± 2.20	144.53 ± 0.61	144.92 ± 0.55	212.35 ± 1.06	211.60 ± 0.77	212.01 ± 0.69	0.682 ± 0.007	0.683 ± 0.008
	Fourth quartile	411	70 to 90	142.99 ± 2.28	141.84 ± 0.58	142.31 ± 0.52	211.62 ± 1.10	211.36 ± 0.73	213.29 ± 0.66	0.677 ± 0.007	0.682 ± 0.010
	P for trend			< 0.001	0.005	0.009	< 0.001	0.078	0.970	< 0.001	< 0.0001
MABP	First quartile	370	60 to 75	148.62 ± 1.80	149.31 ± 0.61	148.24 ± 0.55	214.36 ± 0.87	215.75 ± 0.78	213.47 ± 0.71	0.695 ± 0.005	0.687 ± 0.007
	Second quartile	366	75 to 79	145.96 ± 1.55	145.81 ± 0.60	145.98 ± 0.54	213.07 ± 0.75	212.18 ± 0.77	211.87 ± 0.69	0.686 ± 0.005	0.685 ± 0.008
	Third quartile	400	79 to 84	144.28 ± 1.59	144.36 ± 0.58	144.56 ± 0.52	212.25 ± 0.77	212.12 ± 0.73	212.62 ± 0.66	0.681 ± 0.005	0.683 ± 0.008
	Fourth quartile	365	84 to 102	142.14 ± 1.84	141.50 ± 0.62	142.21 ± 0.56	211.22 ± 0.89	210.67 ± 0.79	212.78 ± 0.72	0.674 ± 0.005	0.680 ± 0.010
	P for trend			< 0.001	0.011	0.004	< 0.001	0.086	0.738	< 0.001	< 0.0001

Model 1:unadjusted model; Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, axial length, BMI, waist, spherical equivalent, birth weight and gestational age; Model 3: adjusted for fellow vessel diameter additionally. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MABP mean arterial blood pressure, AVR arteriolar to venular ratio. Significant p values are bolded

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