[Glaucoma, ocular hypertension and diabetic retinopathy]

71 out of 4803 diabetics attending the special outpatient clinic for diabetic eye complications at the 1st Eye Department of the University of Vienna were found to be suffering from glaucoma. Ocular hypertension was observed in 717 cases. Neither the course of diabetic retinopathy nor the correlation between duration of diabetes mellitus and the manifestation of retinal changes differed from the findings in diabetics with normal ocular pressure. The hypothesis that increased ocular pressure in response to the topical application of steroids might be of beneficial influence on the course of diabetic retinopathy was not confirmed by these observations.