Progression of Visual Field Loss and Body Mass Index in Normal Tension Glaucoma
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 1404-1409, 2017.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and visual field (VF) progression in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients.METHODS:
We reviewed the medical records of 78 eyes of 78 NTG patients who were treated with eye drops for more than 18 months. Age, sex, existence of hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus (DM), refractive error, baseline intraocular pressure (IOP), IOP reduction ratio, baseline VF indices including mean deviation (MD) and pattern standard deviation, VF progression rate (MD slope, dB/year), number of eye drops, and BMI were analyzed. The progression of VF was determined by glaucoma change probability analyses (STATPAC 2) using a Humphrey field analyzer.RESULTS:
The mean follow-up in consecutive eyes was 4.4 ± 2.7 years. A total of 18 eyes showed progression and 60 eyes did not. The VF progression rate (p 0.05). However, multiple linear regression analyses showed that a lower BMI was significantly associated with faster VF progression in the progression group (β = 0.078; standard error = 0.030; p = 0.027).CONCLUSIONS:
In the group in which VF loss progressed despite treatment with eye drops, a lower BMI was associated with progression of VF loss in NTG patients.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Ophthalmic Solutions
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Refractive Errors
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Visual Fields
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Body Mass Index
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Linear Models
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Glaucoma
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Medical Records
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Follow-Up Studies
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Low Tension Glaucoma
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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