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Abstract #96140 Published in IGR 22-3
Seasonal Variation and Trend of Intraocular Pressure Decrease Over a 20-Year Period in Normal-Tension Glaucoma Patients
Ikeda Y; Mori K; Ueno M; Yoshii K; Nakano M; Sato R; Sato F; Maruyama Y; Imai K; Omi N; Yamamoto Y; Yamasaki T; Tashiro K; Sotozono C; Kinoshita SAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology 2021; 234: 235-240
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PURPOSE: To investigate the trend of seasonal variation of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with normal-tension glaucoma over a 20-year period by retrospectively analyzing the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Glaucoma Registry database as real-world data. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: Data points (n = 49,007) were extracted retrospectively from the medical records of 1774 patients with normal-tension glaucoma (665 male patients and 1109 female patients; mean ± SD age was 59.8 ± 14.4 years; and mean ± SD observation period was 5.6 ± 4.4 years) seen over the 20-year period. We first calculated the mean IOP from all available data of each month from January 1997 through December 2016. The data were then categorized into 5 groups of 4 consecutive years each (1997-2000, 2001-2004, 2005-2008, 2009-2012, and 2013-2016) and the mean IOP of each month within the group was calculated. Seasonal variations of IOP over the 20-year study period and in the 5 consecutive groups were then investigated via nonlinear multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: A continuous decrease of IOP was detected throughout the 20-year period (P < .001), with distinct seasonal variation. The annual mean ± SD IOP was highest (13.9 ± 2.7 mm Hg) in the oldest group (1997-2000), with a gradual decrease in each subsequent group, finally becoming lowest (12.3 ± 2.7 mm Hg) in the most recent group (2013-2016) (P < .001), and all of them were accompanied by distinct seasonal variation (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Based on the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Glaucoma Registry real-world longitudinal data, our findings revealed a continuous decrease and distinct seasonal variation of IOP in patients with normal-tension glaucoma throughout the 20-year study period.
From the Departments of Ophthalmology, (Y.I., K.M., M.U., Y.M., K.I., Y.Y., C.S; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Oike-Ikeda Eye Clinic, Kyoto, Japan (Y.I., K.M.).
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