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Abstract #45993 Published in IGR 13-2
Central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in a nepalese population: The bhaktapur glaucoma study
Thapa SS; Paudyal I; Khanal S; Paudel N; Mansberger SL; van Rens GJournal of Glaucoma 2011;
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the characteristics of central corneal thickness and its association with age, sex, and intraocular pressure in a Nepalese population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study design was a cross-sectional, population-based survey. Two thousand three hundred thirty patients aged 40 years and older were examined at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, a tertiary referral eye centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic examination that included measurements of central corneal thickness with an ultrasonic pachymeter and intraocular pressure with a Goldman type applanation tonometer. RESULTS: The main outcome measures were central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure. Mean age of the 2330 patients examined was 51.3 years (SD(plus or minus)9.56). The mean central corneal thickness and mean intraocular pressure was 539.10 (mu)m (SD(plus or minus)33.73) and 13.33 mm Hg (SD(plus or minus)2.26), respectively. Central corneal thickness showed an average decrease of 2.67 (mu)m (95% confidence interval, 2.21-4.1) per decade increase in age. A 100 (mu)m increase in central corneal thickness was associated with a 1.03 mm Hg (95% confidence interval, 0.79-1.26) increase in intraocular pressure after adjusting for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS: The changes in central corneal thickness values cause a significant variation in intraocular pressure in this population, suggesting that measurement of central corneal thickness will have implications in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma.
S. S. Thapa.
Classification:
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
