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Br J Ophthalmol 87:1324-1328 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.11.1324
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Female reproductive factors and open angle glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Table 4

Maximum intraocular pressure (IOP) (of two eyes) in women by use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), adjusted for age and confounding factors, after excluding women currently using glaucoma medications

HRT IOP (mean (SEM))
Participants (%) Age adjusted p Value Multivariate adjusted* p Value
*Adjusted for age, history of diabetes, hypertension, myopia, pseudoexfoliation, and family history of glaucoma.
Current use
Yes 15.8 16.0 (0.2) 16.1 (0.2)
No 74.7 16.5 (0.1) 0.03 16.5 (0.1) 0.09
Ever use
Current 15.8 16.1 (0.2) 16.2 (0.2)
Past 11.1 16.8 (0.2) 0.009 16.8 (0.2) 0.02
Never 63.6 16.4 (0.1) 0.06 16.4 (0.1) 0.20

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