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Br J Ophthalmol 83:1306 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.11.1306b
  • Letter to the Editor

Optic nerve compression by the internal carotid artery in patients with normal tension and high tension glaucoma

Table 1

Relation between vascular compression and visual function in normal tension glaucoma and high tension glaucoma

With compression Without compression p Value
Normal tension glaucoma
Number of eyes 24 8
 Age (years) 65.6 (11.97) 64.3 (11.7) 0.786
 Visual acuity (logMAR) 0.16 (0.44) 0.06 (0.14) 0.548
 Cup to disc ratio 0.80 (0.17) 0.66 (0.23) 0.083
 MD (dB) −15.02 (8.77) −15.95 (5.94) 0.781
 PSD (dB) 9.49 (3.70) 11.96 (1.84) 0.082
 CPSD (dB) 8.36 (4.03) 11.39 (3.01) 0.061
High tension glaucoma
Number of eyes 12 20
 Age (years) 68.56 (10.4) 63.9 (13.5) 0.321
 Visual acuity (logMAR) 0.20 (0.27) 0.53 (0.99) 0.277
 Cup to disc ratio 0.62 (0.22) 0.78 (0.23) 0.063
 MD (dB) −11.23 (10.60) −15.26 (12.63) 0.361
 PSD (dB) 6.20 (4.27) 5.76 (4.51) 0.787
 CPSD (dB) 5.48 (4.66) 5.01 (4.98) 0.795
  • Student’s t test; MD = mean deviation; PSD = pattern standard deviation; CPSD = corrected pattern standard deviation.

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