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Abstract #48021 Published in IGR 13-4
Comparison of the corneal biomechanical properties with the Ocular Response Analyzer((registered trademark)) (ORA) in African and Caucasian normal subjects and patients with glaucoma
Detry-Morel M; Jamart J; Hautenauven F; Pourjavan SActa Ophthalmologica 2011;
Purpose: To compare corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor (CRF) measured with the Ocular Response Analyzer((registered trademark)) tonometer (ORA) between (i) African normals and treated primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients and (ii) between normals and treated POAG Caucasians. To analyse the correlation of CH and CRF with visual field (VF) defects in the two groups. Methods: This comparative study included 59 African (29 (POAG), 30 normals) and 55 Caucasians (30 POAG and 25 normals) subjects. Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and ORA measurements were performed in a randomized sequence. Visual field was tested with the Swedish interactive threshold algorithms standard strategy of the Humphrey perimeter. Hoddap classification was used to estimate the severity of VF defects. Results: Primary open-angle glaucoma Africans were younger than POAG Caucasians (p<0.001). Goldmann applanation tonometry and central corneal thickness (CCT) did not differ significantly between the four subgroups. African normals had lower CH than Caucasian controls (p<0.001). CH was 9.2(plus or minus)1.1 and 8.3(plus or minus)1.7mmHg respectively in POAG Caucasians and Africans (p<0.001). African controls had higher ORA corneal-compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc) than Caucasian controls (p<0.001). Primary open-angle glaucoma Africans had higher IOPcc values than Caucasian POAGs (p<0.001). CH and IOPcc were associated with race (p<0.001) but not with CCT. Based on mean deviation values (MD), POAG Africans had more severe VF defects. CH was correlated with MD (r=0.442; p=0.031) and severity of VF defects only in POAG Africans (r=-0.464; p=0.013). Conclusions: African normal subjects and POAG patients had an altered CH, which is associated with a significant underestimation of GAT IOP. This may potentially contribute to the earlier development and greater severity of glaucoma damage in Africans compared with Caucasians at diagnosis. (copyright) 2011 The Authors. Acta Ophthalmologica (copyright) 2011 Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation.
M. Detry-Morel. St Luc University Hospital, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, . Email: Michele.Morel@uclouvain.be
Classification:
6.1.1 Devices, techniques (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP)
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
