Stroke risk in patients with hypertensive retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jing Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, Yong Liu, Haiping Lian, Haipeng Tang, Xiaodong Wang, Ying Wang · 2026
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Jing Zhang and six colleagues pool published findings on stroke risk in people whose high blood pressure has damaged the eye's retina, a sign of wider organ damage. Hypertension is the leading cause of stroke, and the team asked whether this retinal change marks extra risk beyond blood pressure alone.
Searching four databases to December 2025, they combined ten studies with 26,776 participants. Stroke occurred in 20% of people with retinal damage, and their pooled risk ran 1.87 times that of patients without it. Severe retinal damage carried still higher risk, roughly triple the rate seen without damage. Both major stroke types were included in subgroup checks, supporting eye examination as a simple risk signal in hypertension care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jing Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, Yong Liu, Haiping Lian, Haipeng Tang, Xiaodong Wang, Ying Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26917 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |