PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I. Goldberg
AU  - F. C. Hollows
AU  - M. A. Kass
AU  - B. Becker
TI  - Systemic factors in patients with low-tension glaucoma.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.65.1.56
DP  - 1981 Jan 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 56--62
VI  - 65
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/65/1/56.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/65/1/56.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1981 Jan 01; 65
AB  - Nineteen patients (38 eyes) with low-tension glaucoma were compared with 53 subjects (106 eyes) with ocular hypertension. Comparable for age and sex, the 2 groups were assessed with respect to haematological and biochemical criteria, physical activity, and medical history. Statistical analyses of the differences between the 2 groups highlighted the importance of diastolic ophthalmodynamometry levels, prediagnosis exercise habits, cardiovascular disease status, and possibly systolic blood pressure. Patients with low-tension glaucoma suffered a higher prevalence of multiple abnormalities of these systemic factors than did their ocular hypertensive counterparts. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups with respect to the many other factors examined.