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Asymmetries and visual field summaries as predictors of glaucoma in the ocular hypertension treatment study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006 Sep;47(9):3896-903

Date

08/29/2006

Pubmed ID

16936102

Pubmed Central ID

PMC1995656

DOI

10.1167/iovs.05-0469

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-33749158039 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   45 Citations

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether baseline visual field data and asymmetries between eyes predict the onset of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) participants.

METHODS: A new index, mean prognosis (MP), was designed for optimal combination of visual field thresholds, to discriminate between eyes that developed POAG from eyes that did not. Baseline intraocular pressure (IOP) in fellow eyes was used to construct measures of IOP asymmetry. Age-adjusted baseline thresholds were used to develop indicators of visual field asymmetry and summary measures of visual field defects. Marginal multivariate failure time models were constructed that relate the new index MP, IOP asymmetry, and visual field asymmetry to POAG onset for OHTS participants.

RESULTS: The marginal multivariate failure time analysis showed that the MP index is significantly related to POAG onset (P < 0.0001) and appears to be a more highly significant predictor of POAG onset than either mean deviation (MD; P = 0.17) or pattern standard deviation (PSD; P = 0.046). A 1-mm Hg increase in IOP asymmetry between fellow eyes is associated with a 17% increase in risk for development of POAG. When threshold asymmetry between eyes existed, the eye with lower thresholds was at a 37% greater risk of development of POAG, and this feature was more predictive of POAG onset than the visual field index MD, though not as strong a predictor as PSD.

CONCLUSIONS: The MP index, IOP asymmetry, and binocular test point asymmetry can assist in clinical evaluation of eyes at risk of development of POAG.

Author List

Levine RA, Demirel S, Fan J, Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Kass MA, Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group

Author

Edward M. Barnett MD, PhD Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Antihypertensive Agents
Female
Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Humans
Intraocular Pressure
Male
Middle Aged
Ocular Hypertension
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Vision Disorders
Visual Field Tests
Visual Fields