title: [Life expectancy of patients with primary glaucoma, residents of a large industrial city of Siberia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate life expectancy and the structure of causes of death in patients with primary glaucoma, residents of a large industrial city of Siberia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The database of the Novokuznetsk Public Health Department information analysis center on registration forms 025 (outpatients) and 066 (inpatients) for 2004-2011 was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 5424 primary glaucoma patients were registered during 2004-2011, of whom 441 (8.1%) subsequently died. Age at death of patients with primary glaucoma was 69.0 +/- 7.2 years. The difference between age at death and at diagnosis of glaucoma was 2.6 +/- 1.8 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The correlation suggests that primary glaucoma is a predicting factor for vascular events, such as stroke or myocardial infarction. The authors assume that topical administration of beta blockers without consulting a physician and/or a cardiologist may lead to ischemic stroke.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Onishchenko
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kolbasko
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Zhilina
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Isakov
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Vlasenko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002947:Cities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology