[Ocular hypertension: results of a 10-year follow-up study]

A multifactorial mathematical analysis with a diagnosis presented as a complex number was used in assessing results of 10-year follow-up of ophthalmic hypertension subjects. When the follow-up was over, the patients were divided into three groups by the findings at clinical examination. Group I patients (37%) recovered normal ophthalmic tone, group II patients (34%) remained hypertensive and group III (29%) developed an open angle primary glaucoma. The mathematical processing of diagnostic signs permitted an accurate diagnosis and monitoring of the process.