Optic disk size in open-angle glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.
OBJECTIVE
To compare optic disk size in eyes of subjects classified as normal with the eyes of subjects with open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, or pseudoexfoliation syndrome in an older population-based sample.


METHODS
The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3,654 subjects. Vertical disk diameter was measured from stereoscopic disk photographs, and we used spherical equivalent refraction to correct for magnification. Analyses used all eyes in a general estimating equation model.


RESULTS
Mean disk diameter was 1.556 mm in glaucomatous eyes, significantly different (P <.05) than normal eyes (1.506 mm) and eyes with ocular hypertension (1.494 mm) or pseudoexfoliation (1.501 mm).


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with glaucoma have slightly larger optic disks than nonglaucomatous subjects.
Healey
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Department of Ophthalmology, the University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Mitchell
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D017889:Exfoliation Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000473:pathology; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D012016:Reference Values