Retinal vascular abnormalities and their associations with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: a Study in rural southwestern Harbin, China

Table 2 Prevalence of retinal vascular abnormalities in rural southwestern Harbin,China (%)

		Focal Retinal Vascular Abnormalities				Generalized Narrowing
		Focal arteriolar narrowing	Arteriovenous nicking	Arteriolar sheathing	Retinopathy	Generalized Narrowing
	Total	9.1	8.9	5.0	6.6	6.2
Age (Yrs)†	50–59	8.2	8.2	3.9	5.6	5.7
	60–69	9.7	8.8	5.4	6.5	5.7
	70–79	9.7	12.3	6.6	10.4	9.1
	80–91	13.3	6.7	10.7	13.3	10.7
P value		0.626	0.096	0.034	< 0.001	0.036
Gender‡	Male	11.3	9.9	6.8	6.3	7.1
Gender‡	Female	7.7	8.3	3.8	6.9	5.6
P value		< 0.001	0.183	< 0.001	0.017	0.161
Eye	Left	8.7	9.6	5.2	7.2	6.5
Eye	Right	9.5	8.3	4.7	6.1	5.9
P value		0.339	0.117	0.370	0.122	0.829

Footnotes: Test of trend, comparing % between groups
†Adjusted for gender,comparing adjusted % age groups. ‡Adjusted for age, comparing adjusted % between male and female

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