Changes with age in Schiötz and Goldmann readings.
Three thousand one hundred and fifteen paired Schiötz and Goldmann readings in persons aged 10-79 years were re-examined. There was first a drop and then a rise in IOP with increasing age. The two methods gave very similar results up to age 50. After the age of 50 Goldmann pressures rose faster than Schiötz pressures. Changes in Schiötz readings do not reliably reflect true changes in IOP over time within the same eye or between different age groups within the same population.
Bengtsson
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Department of Research in Primary Health Care, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000295:instrumentation*