title: [Is there a connection between intraocular pressure and blood pressure? Results of the Gutenberg Health Study and review of the current study situation].
abstract: Intraocular pressure (IOD) is the most important risk factor for the occurrence and progression of glaucoma because it is the only measurable risk factor. There is a positive connection between IOD and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The clinical relevance is, however, limited because the moderate alterations in IOD are less than the known measurement error and daily physiological oscillation.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Langenbeckstr.1, 55131, Mainz, Deutschland. rene.hoehn@unimedizin-mainz.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Höhn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirshahi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zwiener
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laubert-Reh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015897:Comorbidity; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic