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[Glaucoma and risk factors. Comparative study of cardiovascular risk factors in primary open-angle glaucoma,
1Hopital ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne.
Revue Medicale De La Suisse Romande
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
This study compares the cardiovascular disease and risks factors, as well as ophthalmic findings of 20 primary open angle glaucoma, 23 low tension glaucoma and 11 ocular hypertensive patients. The low tension glaucoma group presents a high incidence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors, while the primary open angle glaucoma and the ocular hypertensive patients, present respectively, an average and low incidence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors.