Study to Relate Hypertensive Retinopathy with Serum Lipid and CRP Levels
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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v10i8.5227Keywords:
Hypertensive retinopathy, Serum Lipids, CRPAbstract
Background: Hypertension is one of the common cardiovascular diseases causing mortality because of its complications. Hence early detection and treatment of hypertension and its risk factor can reduce the mortality rate.
Objectives: To correlates hypertensive retinopathy with lipid levels and C Reactive Protein (CRP) in hypertension. Materials and Methods: The study was done over a period of 18 months and 100 patients were included in the study who attended outpatient clinical services of a tertiary teaching Hospital in South India fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients attending OPD for regular follow up of hypertension were screened for hypertensive retinopathy. The grading of hypertensive retinopathy was done using Keith
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