title: Correlation between color vision and highest intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients.
abstract: We examined 75 glaucoma patients to determine the relationship between losses in color vision and their highest intraocular pressure. The losses of blue chromatic (P less than .0001) and achromatic (P = .0006) sensitivity were strongly related to highest intraocular pressure. The dysfunction of blue chromatic and achromatic pathways may therefore indicate damage from increased intraocular pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Drance
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schulzer
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011897:Random Allocation; D012684:Sensory Thresholds