Table 3.

Clinical investigations performed in hypertensive cats and clinical signs of hypertension recorded at diagnosis (based on total 282 incident cases)

		N	%
Blood pressure measurements	None	61	21.6
	At diagnosis only	73	25.9
	After diagnosis	148	52.5
Urine protein assessment	Urine protein measured	100	35.5
	• Urine protein:creatinine ratio	28	9.9
	• Urine dipstick	72	25.5
Proteinuria classification	Non‐proteinuric	68	68.0
	Proteinuric	23	23.0
	No classification made	9	9.0
Clinical Signs	Blind	78	27.7
	Retinopathy	132	46.8
	• Retinal detachment	80	28.4
	• Tortuous vessels	17	6.0
	• Retinal hemorrhage	55	19.5
	• Hyphema	31	11.0
	Neurological signs	44	15.6
	• Seizures	8	2.8
	• Ataxia	18	6.4
	• Behavior change	13	4.6
	• Circling	5	1.8
	No clinical signs reported	106	37.6

Bold indicates group level with individual investigations or clinical signs listed below. Cats may have had more than one clinical sign within each group.