Incidence of glaucoma in a sample of population and their refraction

ABSTRACT

In this study 1334 subjects [391 males and 943 females] were examined, all were above 40 years of age. Of the total number examined 62 [4.7%] were glaucomatous, of which 55 [4.2%] had open angle glaucoma 7 [0.5%] had narrow angle glaucoma 29 [2.2%] were ocular hypertensives and the rest [93.l%] were found to be normal. In open angle glaucoma patients the ratio of males to females was 1 1 and in narrow angle glaucoma patients 1 2. Refraction in open angle glaucoma in patients was 1 [1.8%] hypermetrops, 9 [16.4%] emmetrops and 54 [81.8%] myopes. In narrow angle glaucoma patients 4 [57.1%] hypermetrops 2 [28.6%] emmetrops and 1 [14.3%] low myope. So most of the open angle glaucoma patients were myopes [81.8%] and most of the narrow angle glaucoma patients were hypermetrops [57.1%]