Influence of age on the visual fields of normal subjects

We studied the influence of age on the results of automated static perimetry in 203 eyes of 153 healthy volunteers tested with an automated perimeter. Differential light sensitivity decreases markedly with age and this decrease starts at the age of 20 years or less and continues more or less linearly during life. The decrease in sensitivity differs at different test locations. Age influences the upper half of the visual field to a larger extent than the lower half; the periphery and the center are more influenced than the pericentric area.