Retinal vessel caliber and vessel reaction to light flicker in true normotensive young healthy black and white adults: the African-PREDICT study

Abstract

A detrimental shift in cardiovascular disease risk factors and a higher mortality level are reported in some black populations. The retinal microvasculature provides insight into the pathogenesis of systemic vascular diseases, but it is unclear whether retinal vessel calibers and acute retinal vessel functional responses differ between young healthy black and white adults