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Br J Ophthalmol 89:847-850 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.056614
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A comparison of four methods of tonometry: method agreement and interobserver variability

Table 4

 Mean difference and 95% limits of agreement between GAT and other tonometric instruments—summary of findings from this and previous studies. Values (mm Hg) are given as means (95% CI); a positive mean difference indicates that Goldmann values are higher

Study GAT interobserver differences Tono-Pen OBF NCT NCT type
OBF, ocular blood flow; NCT, non-contact tonometer.
*Oculab Tono-Pen; **Mentor Tono-Pen XL; ***Bio-Rad Tono-Pen XL; OBF tonograph (OBF Labs).
†Overall value: tonometer overestimates GAT at low IOPs and underestimates at high IOPs.
‡Overall value: tonometer underestimates GAT at low IOPs and overestimates at high IOPs.
This study −0.4 (2.6)‡ +0.6 (6.5)** + 0.1 (5.4)‡ + 0.7 (4.8)‡ Canon TX-10
Thorburn, 197814 −0.7 (3.1)
Bandyopadhyay et al, 200215 −1.0 (4.5)**
Iester et al, 200110 +0.2 (6.3)**†
Bafa et al, 20019 −0.6 (8.3)** −0.7 (7.7)
Midelfart and Wigers, 199426 +2.4 (4.6)***
Geyer et al, 19925 +3.9 (6.5)*
Frenkel et al, 198818 +0.8 (6.1)*†
Minckler et al, 198727 +1.7 (6.1)*
Kao et al, 198717 −0.5 (7.4)*†
Gunvant et al, 200420 −0.5 (6.3)‡
Yang et al, 20008 +0.26 (4.6)†
Bhan et al, 200319 −2.7 (6.6)‡
Jorge et al, 200321 −0.1 (3.3) Reichert AT550
Jorge et al, 200212 −0.1 (2.2) +0.9 (2.5) Reichert AT550 Reichert XpertP
Popovich and Shields, 19977 +0.6 (4.5) Reichert XPERT
Hansen, 19956 +0.9 (4.9) Reichert XPERT
Kretz and Demailly, 199223 +0.1 (2.9) Reichert XPERT
Hollo et al, 199228 −3.9 (5.7) Reichert XPERT
Myers et al, 199029 −0.7 (5.3) Reichert XPERT
Parker et al, 200111 −0.1 (2.2) −0.5 (2.2) Keeler Pulsair 3000
Mackie et al, 199622 −1.0 (7.1) Keeler Pulsair 2000

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