ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS WITH INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA

glaucoma;intraocular pressure;Epidemiology

Zhao, DiKanarek, Norma F. ;

Johns Hopkins University

关键词: glaucoma;    intraocular pressure;    Epidemiology;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

Glaucoma is a disease with characteristic optic nerve damage and vision loss.It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness affecting more than 60 million people worldwide. Glaucoma affects the quality of life in older populations and has significant public health and economic consequences for society, making it a critical public health problem.The established risk factors for the development of open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the most common type of glaucoma, are mostly non-modifiable such as age, family history, gender, race, myopia and other anatomical eye characteristics. Elevated IOP is the only modifiable and key determinant of POAG. Reducing IOP levels decreases the incidence and progression of glaucoma compared with no treatment, even in normal-tension glaucoma.