title: [Risk factors in the results of the colour vision test Roth 28-hue (E) desaturated in glaucoma patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Glaucoma is an ocular disease with typical progressive damage of the optic nerve. In the past it was postulated that glaucoma induces acquired colour vision disorders. Until now all studies about glaucoma and colour vision disorders did not include vascular risk factors. In the present study we determined several vascular risk factors concerning the results of the colour vision test Roth 28-hue (E) desaturated in glaucoma patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the basis of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) we determined the influence of several risk factors, such as arteriosclerotic and vasospastic risk factors, on the results of the colour vision test Roth 28-hue (E) desaturated in glaucoma patients. 353 glaucoma patients were included in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We detected a strong influence of age and mean defect in perimetry and an additional effect of arteriosclerotic and vasospastic risk factors on the results of the colour vision test Roth 28-hue (E) desaturated in glaucoma patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suspect that arteriosclerotic and vasospastic risk factors independently to glaucoma have an influence on colour vision. In the future attention additionally has to be given to vascular risk factors in the colour vision testing of glaucoma patients.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Augenheilkunde, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jass
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Böhringer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erb
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*