title: Prevalence of myopia in open angle glaucoma.
abstract: In this study concerning the prevalence of myopia in patients with open angle glaucoma, its distribution was analyzed within the sample tested in relation to the refraction defect size, compared with a control group of non-glaucomatous myopic subjects. The overall myopic rate was 17.2% of the glaucomatous patients; high myopia was more frequent in the subjects with open angle glaucoma (p less than 0.001) than in the myopic patients, thus appearing as a possible risk factor for the development of glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ophthalmology, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mastropasqua
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lobefalo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciancaglini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors