Rate and Pattern of Rim Area Loss in Healthy and Progressing Glaucoma Eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To characterize the rate and pattern of age-related and glaucomatous neuroretinal rim area changes in subjects of African and European descent.

Design

Prospective longitudinal study.

Participants

Two hundred ninety-six eyes of 157 healthy subjects (88 patients of African descent and 69 of European descent) and 73 progressing glaucoma eyes of 67 subjects (24 patients of African descent and 43 of European descent) from the Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study and the African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study were included.

Methods

Global and sectoral rim areas were measured using confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscopy. Masked stereophotograph review determined progression of glaucomatous optic disc damage. The rates of absolute rim area loss and p

SUBMITTER: Hammel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4808425 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature