title: A practice based study of factors influencing intra-ocular pressure.
abstract: Many factors are claimed to influence the pressure measured by the tonometer. This study analyses intra-ocular pressure data collected over 10 years on 500 'normal' individuals using a non-contact tonometer. It attempts to analyse which patient variables are relevant and considers the effects of age, sex, laterality and refractive status on intra-ocular pressure, using various statistical techniques. No significant relationship was found for age, sex or refractive error, but axis of astigmatism and laterality were found to be significant factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Statistics, University of Reading, UK.
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: McCaghrey
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: McCaghrey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular