Relationship seen between ocular perfusion pressure, confirmed glaucoma

A cross-sectional study of patients with hypertension suggests a close relationship between ocular perfusion pressure and confirmed glaucoma.
The Colombian Glaucoma Study included patients with hypertension and diabetes from six cities in Colombia. This analysis included 1,272 patients, of which 131 were diagnosed with suspected glaucoma and 65 with confirmed glaucoma. Researchers used a multinomial logistic regression to assess the relationship among blood pressure, ocular perfusion pressure and the presence of glaucoma.
Sixty percent of the subjects were diagnosed with hypertension for more

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