STUDY OF OCULAR RISK FACTORS FOR PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA

Autor:	Ishani Kawatra, B. B. Lal, Monalisa Jha, Luxmi Singh, Pragati Garg
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Primary (chemistry) Open angle glaucoma genetic structures business.industry lcsh:R5-130.5 Corneal Thickness eye diseases Ophthalmology medicine Myopia POAG sense organs Axial Length business lcsh:General works
Zdroj:	Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 3, Iss 24, Pp 1064-1067 (2016)
ISSN:	2349-2570 2349-2562
Popis:	PURPOSE Glaucoma causes irreversible progressive visual impairment. Increased intraocular pressure remains an important primary and prognostic risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), but its association with other risk factors is also present. This study was conducted to assess the relationship between potential ocular risk factors and the development of POAG to aid in early diagnosis. DESIGN Hospital based case control study. METHODS A case control study was conducted on 134 cases of POAG (Group 1) and 134 normal individuals without POAG (Group 2). Ocular risk factors like axial length, central corneal thickness, intraocular pressure, iris colour, cup-disc ratio, refractive status of eye were studied in both the groups and compared using Chi-square test. RESULTS POAG cases (Group 1) had thin cornea (p=0.005) and longer axial length (p
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