Choroidal thickness in patients with systemic arterial hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

1 Defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) ⩾ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ⩾ 90 mmHg, hypertension affects one in three adults and an increasing trend has been attributed at least partly to ageing of the population and sedentary lifestyle. 2 Besides hypertensive chorioretinopathy, elevated BP is implicated in a variety of ophthalmologic conditions, such as ischemic optic neuropathy, retinal artery or vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma

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