TY - JOUR
T1 - Glaucoma risk factors observed in the Baltimore Eye Survey
AU - Sommer, Alfred
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The Baltimore Eye Survey identified race, intraocular pressure, systemic hypertension, perfusion pressure, family history, and quite possibly the structure and organization of the optic nerve head as potential etiologically significant risk factors in the development of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. These findings have been confirmed by subsequent, sometimes equally rigorous population-based studies in other communities and countries. The Baltimore Eye Survey failed to demonstrate a role for diabetes but revealed that estimates of the significance of diabetes, like that of family history, are subject to considerable selection bias.
AB - The Baltimore Eye Survey identified race, intraocular pressure, systemic hypertension, perfusion pressure, family history, and quite possibly the structure and organization of the optic nerve head as potential etiologically significant risk factors in the development of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. These findings have been confirmed by subsequent, sometimes equally rigorous population-based studies in other communities and countries. The Baltimore Eye Survey failed to demonstrate a role for diabetes but revealed that estimates of the significance of diabetes, like that of family history, are subject to considerable selection bias.
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U2 - 10.1097/00055735-199604000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00055735-199604000-00016
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10163329
AN - SCOPUS:0029781498
SN - 1040-8738
VL - 7
SP - 93
EP - 98
JO - Current opinion in ophthalmology
JF - Current opinion in ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -