Association of dipping status of blood pressure, visual field defects, and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with normotensive glaucoma.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between dipping status of blood pressure (BP), visual field defects (VFDs), and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with normotensive glaucoma (NTG). Our University echocardiography, electrocardiogram, 24-hour BP monitor and glaucoma database were reviewed from 2016 to 2018 to identify patients with NTG and hypertension (HTN). These NTG patients were followed for a mean 26.4 ± 13.6 months and were divided into 2 groups according to the absence or presence of VFDs. Among the 110 patients with NTG, 55 (50%) patients had VFDs. There were no differences of baseline characteristics between 2 groups. In univariate analysis, extreme dipper status at night in the 24-hour BP monitoring, HTN, age, diabetes mellitus, and hyperli

SUBMITTER: Lee SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature