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Table 4 Retinal Lesions and TCF7L2 rs7903146 genotype by hypertension or diabetes status in Caucasians

From: The transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) polymorphism may be associated with focal arteriolar narrowing in Caucasians with hypertension or without diabetes: the ARIC Study

  

With Hypertension

Without Hypertension

With Diabetes

Without Diabetes

Retinal Lesion

 

n

No. with Lesion (%)

OR (95% CI)a

n

No. with Lesion (%)

OR (95% CI)a

n

No. with Lesion (%)

OR (95% CI)a

n

No. with Lesion (%)

OR (95% CI)a

AV nicking

CC

1595

280 (17.55)

1.00

2462

305 (12.39)

1.00

525

89 (16.95)

1.00

3533

496 (14.04)

1.00

 

CT

1297

222 (17.12)

1.18 (1.02, 1.36)

1989

211 (10.61)

0.91 (0.78, 1.05)

525

88 (16.76)

0.99 (0.78, 1.26)

2761

345 (12.50)

1.04 (0.92, 1.16)

 

TT

259

60 (23.17)

1.39 (1.04, 1.86)

430

46 (10.70)

0.83 (0.61, 1.11)

134

21 (15.67)

0.98 (0.61, 1.58)

555

85 (15.32)

1.07 (0.85, 1.35)

P valueb

   

0.03

  

0.21

  

0.94

  

0.56

Focal arteriolar narrowing

CC

1584

330 (20.83)

1.00

2456

268 (10.91)

1.00

519

88 (16.96)

1.00

3522

510 (14.48)

1.00

 

CT

1290

320 (24.81)

1.25 (1.09, 1.44)

1978

223 (11.27)

0.96 (0.82, 1.12)

526

91 (17.30)

0.85 (0.65, 1.11)

2742

452 (16.48)

1.18 (1.06, 1.32)

 

TT

259

67 (25.87)

1.56 (1.18, 2.06)

429

37 (8.62)

0.92 (0.68, 1.25)

136

15 (11.03)

0.73 (0.42, 1.24)

552

89 (16.12)

1.40 (1.12, 1.75)

P valueb

   

0.002

  

0.59

  

0.24

  

0.003

Retinopathy

CC

1612

136 (8.44)

1.00

2492

100 (4.01)

1.00

534

78 (14.61)

1.00

3571

158 (4.42)

1.00

 

CT

1311

112 (8.54)

1.04 (0.85, 1.26)

2010

93 (4.63)

1.12 (0.90, 1.39)

536

76 (14.18)

1.05 (0.82, 1.34)

2785

129 (4.63)

1.01 (0.84, 1.22)

 

TT

262

23 (8.78)

1.08 (0.73, 1.60)

433

22 (5.08)

1.26 (0.81, 1.94)

136

23 (16.91)

1.10 (0.67, 1.8)

559

22 (3.94)

1.02 (0.70, 1.48)

P valueb

   

0.71

  

0.31

  

0.71

  

0.91

  1. Abbreviations: AV, arteriovenous; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
  2. aAdjusted for age, study center, gender, current smoking (yes/no), obesity, total serum cholesterol, total serum triglycerides, mean arterial blood pressure, hypertension (when stratified by diabetes), and antihypertensive medication; b P value for OR in the log additive genetic model.