Ocular hypertension. A prospective twenty-year follow-up study.
In a prospective study of 41 persons with ocular hypertension followed for 20 years, 14 individuals (34 per cent) developed glaucoma. Of 38 persons who 20 years ago were normotensive, 2 (5 per cent), developed glaucoma. This difference is significant. The mean IOP of the remaining untreated ocular hypertensives was about 7 mmHg higher than the mean tension in the control group.
Lundberg
L
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Department of Ophthalmology, Central Hospital, Skövde, Sweden.
Wettrell
K
K
Linnér
E
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies