Correlation between structural progression in glaucoma and obstructive sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To investigate the correlation between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity and the structural and functional progression in patients with glaucoma.

Subjects/methods

This retrospective comparative cohort study included subjects from the polysomnography database in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital between June 1, 2009, and June 1, 2017, by identifying patients who had received diagnoses of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), or glaucoma suspect. Patients with follow-up time of <3 years and/or <3 consecutive reliable optical coherence tomography (OCT) or visual field (VF) tests were excluded. Progression of overall peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness on OCT scans and VF mean deviation (MD) or VF index (VFI

SUBMITTER: Fan YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002483 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature