TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostic significance of optic disk cupping in ocular hypertensive patients
AU - Yablonski, Michael E.
AU - Zimmerman, Thom J.
AU - Kass, Michael A.
AU - Becker, Bernard
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. This study was supported in part by Grant EY 00336 (Dr. Becker) from the National Eye Institute, and by Fellowship Grant PHS Award/Grant No. IF 32EY 0516601 (Dr. Yablonski). Reprint requests to Michael E. Yablonski, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.
PY - 1980/4
Y1 - 1980/4
N2 - The stereoscopic photographs of 102 patients with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and normal visual fields were graded for cup:disk ratio. All patients were followed up for a five-year period, during which time 27 patients developed glaucomatous visual field loss and 75 patients did not. The patients who subsequently developed glaucomatous visual field loss had significantly larger cup:disk ratios than did the patients who did not develop glaucomatous visual field loss. Patients with a mean IOP greater than or equal to 28 mm Hg and a vertical contour cup:disk ratio greater than or equal to 0.6 had a 100% incidence of the development of glaucomatous visual field loss as compared to a 2% incidence in those with a mean IOP less than 28 mm Hg and a vertical cup:disk ratio less than 0.6. Disk:cup asymmetry and progressive increase in the area of the disk occupied by the cup was more common in the group that developed glaucomatous visual field loss.
AB - The stereoscopic photographs of 102 patients with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and normal visual fields were graded for cup:disk ratio. All patients were followed up for a five-year period, during which time 27 patients developed glaucomatous visual field loss and 75 patients did not. The patients who subsequently developed glaucomatous visual field loss had significantly larger cup:disk ratios than did the patients who did not develop glaucomatous visual field loss. Patients with a mean IOP greater than or equal to 28 mm Hg and a vertical contour cup:disk ratio greater than or equal to 0.6 had a 100% incidence of the development of glaucomatous visual field loss as compared to a 2% incidence in those with a mean IOP less than 28 mm Hg and a vertical cup:disk ratio less than 0.6. Disk:cup asymmetry and progressive increase in the area of the disk occupied by the cup was more common in the group that developed glaucomatous visual field loss.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90071-9
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90071-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 7369323
AN - SCOPUS:0018833092
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 89
SP - 585
EP - 592
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -