Impact of blood pressure on retinal microvasculature architecture across the lifespan: The young finns study

Abstract

Objective: The present study examined the impact of BP from childhood to mid-adulthood on retinal microvascular architecture. Methods: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study included children aged 3-18 years, from five Finnish University cities, with participants chosen randomly from the national population registrar from those areas. The age of participants included in the current analyses in childhood (1980) ranged from three to nine years and in mid-adulthood (2011) ranged from 34 to 40 years (complete data n = 657). Measures of retinal microvasculature architecture measured in adulthood included diameters, tortuosity, lengths, and LDR. Results: Regression analysis showed a strong n..