Why the study?
Hypertension complications depend on blood pressure variability as well as mean blood pressure, and the choroid may serve as an indicator of systemic vascular damage.
Is short-term blood pressure variability associated with choroidal-retinal thickness in hypertensive patients?
Is short-term blood pressure variability associated with choroidal-retinal thickness in hypertensive patients?
Short-term blood pressure variability, specifically the average real variability of daytime diastolic blood pressure, is independently associated with reduced choroidal thickness in hypertensive patients, suggesting its potential as a marker of microvascular damage.
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Short-term diastolic BP variability was associated with thinner choroid in hypertensives; hypothesis-generating for microvascular damage, needs prospective validation.
Carollo et al. (2024) studied this question.
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