Elevated blood pressure is associated with higher prevalence of low visual acuity among adolescent males in Northeast China.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to track the trends of low visual acuity (VA) from 2005 to 2014, and to investigate its associations with systemic blood pressure (BP) components among adolescents in Northeast China. A total of 55320 students of Han nationality aged 13 to 18 years were included. There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of low VA, with 31.3% in 2005, 40.2% in 2010 and 43.4% in 2014. In multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models, each 1-mm Hg increment in systolic BP (SBP) was associated with 0.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.1-1.6%), 0.5% (95% CI: 0.1-0.9%) and 1.1% (95% CI: 0.6-1.6%) increased odds of low VA for males in 2005, 2010 and 2014; each 1-mm Hg increment in pulse pressure (PP) was associated with 1.6% (95% CI: 0.7-2.5%), 0.8% (95% CI: 0.4-1.

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5700107 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature