European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Aim: Assessing the impact of hyperlipidemia on fundus alterations in hypertensive individuals and correlating the aforementioned results with elements of the lipid profile.
Methods: In the Ophthalmology Department of I Care Institute of Medical Science and Research, Haldia, 135 individuals with essential hypertension underwent a cross-sectional study. Patients with diabetes mellitus, myopia, cloudy ocular media, and other abnormalities of the posterior segment were not allowed to participate in the study.
Results: In 135 patients with essential hypertension, 65.44% of them developed retinopathy, whereas the other patients showed no symptoms of it. Patients were 60.24(±15.14) years old on average. Although there was no gender preponderance in retinopathy, this investigation demonstrated that the incidence of hypertensive retinopathy increased dramatically after the age of 60.
Conclusion: It was found that the onset of hypertensive retinopathy was substantially correlated with the duration of hypertension. It was discovered that obesity and an increase in all of the lipid profile markers (Serum TG, TC, LDL, and LDL:HDL) were substantially linked with retinopathy in hypertensive patients.