Race and Ethnicity Differences in Disease Severity and Visual Field Progression Among Glaucoma Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Investigate associations of race/ethnicity and preferred language with baseline glaucoma severity, VF test frequency and disease progression.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

Patients receiving VF testing at a tertiary eyecare center between 1998 and 2020 with self-identified race, ethnicity and preferred language were included. Outcome measures were VF MD and age at first visit, VF test frequency, VF MD progression.

Results

Among 29,891 patients with VF measurements between 1998 and 2020, 55.1% were female, 71.0% self-identified as White/Caucasian, 14.0% as Black/African American, 7.4% as Asian and 6.4% as Hispanic, and 11.2% preferred a language other than English. Mean VF MD at presentation was worse among Black (-9.3±9.7 dB), Asian (-6.2±7

SUBMITTER: Halawa OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842097 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature