The African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): predictors of visual field damage in glaucoma suspects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate racial differences in the development of visual field (VF) damage in glaucoma suspects.

Design

Prospective, observational cohort study.

Methods

Six hundred thirty-six eyes from 357 glaucoma suspects with normal VF at baseline were included from the multicenter African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES). Racial differences in the development of VF damage were examined using multivariable Cox proportional hazard models.

Results

Thirty one of 122 African-descent participants (25.4%) and 47 of 235 European-descent participants (20.0%) developed VF damage (P = .078). In multivariable analysis, worse baseline VF mean deviation, higher mean arterial pressure during follow-up, and a race ∗ mean intraocular pressure (IOP) interaction term

SUBMITTER: Khachatryan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4361282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature