Central corneal thickness and normal tension glaucoma: a cross-sectional study

Optometry : Journal of the American Optometric Association
M Sullivan-MeeC Qualls

Abstract

Recently published evidence has identified thinner central corneal thickness (CCT) as a strong predictive factor for the conversion from ocular hypertension (OHT) to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The association between CCT and development of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), however, is less clear. Accordingly, we designed this cross-sectional study to further explore the relationship between CCT and NTG. All patients with a clinical diagnosis of NTG and NTG suspect (NTGS) who were seen from September 2002 through May 2003 at the Albuquerque VA Medical Center eye clinic were identified retrospectively. After eligible subjects were categorized into no, mild, moderate, and advanced visual field loss groups, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression analyses were used to determine group differences for several IOP variables, several systemic variables, and CCT. Additional analyses were completed after eligible subjects were recategorized into thin, intermediate, and thick CCT groups. Eighty-four eyes in 84 NTGS subjects and 56 eyes in 56 NTG subjects were studied. Mean CCT was significantly thicker in the no field loss group (NTGS) when compared with all 3 groups with glaucomatous visual field loss (NTG). In multivariate reg...Continue Reading

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Oct 23, 2009·Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology·Wenzhong LinTetsuya Yamamoto
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