@article{article_209254, title={DESPITE LIMITED BENEFIT, FUNDUSCOPIC EXAMINATION SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR HYPERTENSION*}, journal={The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University}, volume={1}, pages={1–6}, year={2015}, DOI={10.5799/ahinjs.01.2013.04.0324}, url={https://izlik.org/JA33GW47SN}, author={Helvacı, Mehmet and İlhan, Özgür and Kaya, Hasan and Canda, Mehmet}, keywords={Hypertension, hypertensive retinopathy, funduscopic examination}, abstract={<p>funduscopic examination should be continued for HT until demonstration of some more accurate follow up criteria. their specificities for HT are probably higher, particularly for hypertensive crises. Therefore, although limited benefit, Additionally, although the lower incidences and even additional atherosclerotic backgrounds of grade III and IV HRs, benefits of funduscopic examination in management of HT due to limited number of available parameters in this field. higher prevalence of grade II HRs in the HT group indicate the effects of HT on retinal vasculature, and probable Conclusion: Although HR is not a specific sign of HT, the significantly lower prevalence of grade 0 and significantly p<0.01) in the HT group. <br />significantly lower (55.4% versus 32.6%, p<0.01) and grade II HR was significantly higher (4.0% versus 13.0%, detected in any group. Differences were nonsignificant according to prevalence of grade I HR whereas grade 0 HR was 28.2%, p<0.01) were significantly higher in the HT group. No case of grade III or IV hypertensive retinopathy (HR) was the groups, whereas prevalences of obesity (27.0% versus 54.3%, p<0.001) and hypertriglyceridemia (13.5% versus gender distribution, and prevalences of smoking, diabetes mellitus, hyperbetalipoproteinemia, and dyslipidemia between Results: We studied 74 cases with NT and 46 with HT. There were nonsignificant differences according to the mean age, Medicine Polyclinic. Methods: The study was performed on consecutive check up patients with normotension (NT) and HT in Internal mainstay for prevention of cardiovascular diseases. B <br /> </p>}, number={2}