Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2017.56.04.29

Prevalence of Open Angle Glaucoma in Risk Groups in Slavonia and Baranya Region

Josip Barać ; Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Dubravka Biuk ; Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Suzana Matić ; Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Ivona Barać ; School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Goran Pelčić ; Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Mario Bradvica ; Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

The aim of this prospective study was to detect primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in its early stage in patients at a higher risk of its development, and to identify the risk group with the highest prevalence of POAG. The study was conducted at Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, and included 250 patients divided into five groups, as follows: group 1, patients with diabetes type 1 and type 2; group 2, patients with arterial hypertension (blood pressure >140/90 mm Hg); group 3, patients with positive family history of POAG; group 4, patients with myopia between -3.0 and -8.0 diopters; and group 5, control group including patients aged 40 with no risk factors for POAG development. Study results showed that distribution of glaucoma patients was not equal across the groups. The prevalence of POAG in all patients was 5.6%, whereas in patients with positive family history of POAG it was 14%, which was statistically significantly higher than in patients with diabetes and myopia (4% both), as well as in control group. The difference was greatest in comparison to control group. There was no statistically significant difference in glaucoma incidence between the group of patients with positive family history (14%) and patients with systemic hypertension (6%). The results obtained suggest that of all risk factors analyzed, positive family history of POAG is the most important risk factor for glaucoma development in all risk groups.

Keywords

Prospective studies; Glaucoma, open-angle; Hypertension; Myopia; Glaucoma; Risk factors

Hrčak ID:

195539

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/195539

Publication date:

15.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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