Ocular hypertension: a comparative follow-up of black and white patients. Issue 10 (October 1978)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: David, R; Livingston, D; Luntz, M H
• Is Part Of: British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 62:Issue 10(1978)
• Page Start: 676
• Page End: 678
• Publication Date: 1978-10
• Subjects: Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.62.10.676
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1161

Abstract

Abstract : Forty-four eyes in 25 black patients are compared with 92 eyes of 47 white patients in a population with ocular hypertension followed up for 1 to 12 years in a glaucoma clinic. The black patients present at a younger age than the whites and their mean initial intraocular pressure is significantly higher. The fact that more black ocular hypertensives developed glaucoma--8 eyes (18.1%) in the black population as compared with 5 eyes (5.4%) in the white population--is attributed to these two differences.