{"id":208876,"date":"2025-03-16T22:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/common-eye-test-could-predict-your-risk-of-having-a-stroke-as-warning-signs-revealed"},"modified":"2025-03-16T22:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:16:50","slug":"common-eye-test-could-predict-your-risk-of-having-a-stroke-as-warning-signs-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/common-eye-test-could-predict-your-risk-of-having-a-stroke-as-warning-signs-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Common eye test could predict your risk of having a stroke as warning signs revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/common-eye-test-could-predict-your-risk-of-having-a-stroke-as-warning-signs-revealed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A groundbreaking study suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/lifestyle\/optometrist-warns-bad-news-beauty-891118\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> a simple eye test<\/a> could pick up on signs if someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/horror-healthy-young-california-dad-1001827\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> is at risk of having a stroke.<\/a> The research suggests that by analyzing the blood vessels in the retina, it\u2019s possible to forecast an individual\u2019s likelihood of having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/health\/i-woke-up-brain-fire-292070\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> stroke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The retinal vascular network reflects characteristics similar to those found in the brain\u2019s vasculature. Scientists can learn a lot about a person\u2019s overall health by examining factors like the density, curliness, and branching angles of the veins and arteries in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>In an extensive study involving over 45,000 participants from the UK Biobank, researchers analyzed eye images and followed the subjects for an average of 13 years, during which 749 suffered a stroke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/1999836\/eye-test-stroke-risk-prediction\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> reports Daily Express UK.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking study suggests a simple eye test could pick up on signs if someone is at risk of having a stroke. The research suggests that by analyzing the blood vessels in the retina, it\u2019s possible to forecast an individual\u2019s likelihood of having a stroke. The retinal vascular network reflects characteristics similar to those found [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}