Characteristics of the study participants by hypertension status.

CRAE, central retinal artery equivalent; CRVE, central retinal vein equivalent.
Data are mean ± SD, except for sex, diabetes, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption, which are presented as percentage, %.
aP<0.05 for difference between participants with and without hypertension.
b Mean arterial pressure, defined as 2/3 diastolic plus 1/3 systolic blood pressure, across the three AIRC visits was averaged to obtain the 6-year mean arterial pressure.