SALT LAKE CITY — Lower socioeconomic status was linked with worse eye structure and function at initial presentation in patients undergoing selective laser trabeculoplasty, according to a poster presentation.
At the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting, Jacqueline L. Chen, MSc, presented a retrospective cohort study using data from patients who received glaucoma care at a tertiary care center in Pennsylvania. Chen and colleagues used area deprivation index (ADI) as a proxy for patients’ socioeconomic status and explored associations between ADI and