Abstract

Background: Glaucoma is second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Most common form is Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). It is chronic, slowly progressive, optic neuropathy, is insidious in onset and painless, until it has caused a significant loss of vision. Risk factors are Age, race, Inheritance, myopia, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, migraine, intake of caffeine. Objective: To identify risk factors in patients of primary open angle glaucoma at Nagari Eye hospital, ahmedabad, Gujarat. Method: It is a retrospective cross-sectional study. It was conducted in Nagari eye hospital Ahmedabad. Total of 123 patients of POAG were included in study after taking prior written informed consent. Diagnosis of DM and HT was confirmed on basis of previous reports and history of medication. Other risk factors like inheritance, diet etc were confirmed by asking proper history. Data was analyzed & frequency table was prepared with help of SPSS 13 software. Observations & discussion: Out of 123 Patients of POAG with mean age of 58.7+ 13.4 yrs, 24(19.5%) patients had DM, 44(35.8%) had hypertension, 21(17.1%) had family history of glaucoma. Findings of this study are comparable with findings of similar study done by S bhattarai. Conclusion: There is some association between primary open angle glaucoma & its treatment with systemic disease mainly hypertension & diabetes & their management. So patients of glaucoma can be advised to keep systemic diseases in control. Also patients of diabetes & hypertension can be advised for regular eye checkup for glaucoma.

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