Table 4.
Relationship of retinal vessel diameters with >20% gain in body mass over the 15 year follow-up period
| No. at risk (cases) |
Multivariable-adjusted relative risk (95% confidence interval)* |
|
|---|---|---|
| Retinal arteriolar diameter, μm | ||
| Tertile 3 (156.0-199.7) | 692 (31) | 1 (Referent) |
| Tertile 2 (144.6-155.9) | 697 (38) | 1.00 (0.37-2.73) |
| Tertile 1 (89.8-144.5) | 700 (42) | 1.10 (0.58-2.06) |
| p-trend | 0.93 | |
| Retinal venular diameter, μm | ||
| Tertile 1 (165.9- 220.0) | 699 (27) | 1 (Referent) |
| Tertile 2 (220.1-237.3) | 701 (39) | 1.50 (0.88-2.58) |
| Tertile 3 (237.3-339.7) | 698 (45) | 1.85 (1.01-3.38) |
| p-trend | 0.04 |
*
Adjusted for age (years), sex (men, women), education categories (<high school, high school, >high school), smoking (never, former, current), alcohol intake (never, former, current), exercise frequency (number of times per week), mean arterial blood pressure (mm Hg), serum total cholesterol (mg/dL), C-reactive protein (mg/dL), height (inches) and fellow vessel diameter (μm , central retinal arteriolar in models of central retinal venular diameter and vice-versa)