Central Corneal Thickness in Adult Indians And its Effect on Glaucoma Progression: the Bundelkhand Region Glaucoma Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction : Central corneal thickness plays an important role in understanding the risk of glaucoma. Corneal thickness of less than 555µm provides false results of low intra ocular pressure, whereas, corneal thickness of more than 555µm provides a false result of raised intra ocular pressure when measured with tonometry. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important clinical outcome in glaucoma diagnosis. Material and methods: Observational cross sectional study was conducted in between April 2016- April 2017. In this study 600 subjects were taken without any ocular pathological conditions aged 18 to 40 years were examined at a dedicated facility in the hospital. All subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic examination that included CCT measurements with an Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography(SD-OCT) and intra ocular pressure (IOP) measurements with Schiotz tonometry. Result: In males, the mean central corneal thickness (CCT) was 532.44±31.46 in right eyes, and 533.05±31.03 in left eyes. In females, the mean central corneal thickness was 525.63±31.73 in right eyes and 526.26±33.86 in left eyes. In men, the mean intraocular pressure in the right and left eyes respectively was 16.84±3.17, 16.66±3.27, in females it was 16.62±3.30, 17.18±3.14 in right and left eyes respectively. Conclusion: In this population-based study, females had thinner central corneas as compare to males. These findings will have implications in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma in this population. Evaluation and changes of central corneal thickness is important clinical outcome to early diagnosis and management of glaucoma suspects .
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Jitendra Kumar, Amit Verma, Shweta Dwivedi, Arun Pathak
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