Central corneal thickness in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients in South West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Ophthalmol
; 16(1): 152, 2016 Aug 31.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-27580950
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Reports of central corneal thickness (CCT) among glaucoma patients, particularly for pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG) and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) are scarce in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) population. The aim of this study is to evaluate CCT in black patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma and ocular hypertension (OHT) in South West Ethiopia.METHODS:
This was a prospective study undertaken with an ultrasonic pachymeter from June 2014 to February 2015 in Jimma University Specialized Hospital. Patients aged 18 years and older newly diagnosed with glaucoma or OHT were included.RESULTS:
A total of 162 eyes of 162 subjects were included. Hundred and fifty five subjects were glaucomatous (67 PXG, 42 Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG), 28 PACG, 14 Normal Tension Glaucoma (NTG), 5 Juvenile Open Angle Glaucoma (JOAG) and 6 (OHT). The mean age was 59.3 ± 12.8 years. For the whole sample, CCT was 518.67 (±39.97) µm. OHT group had significantly greater CCT (576.33 ± 49.32 µm) than the glaucomatous groups (p = 0.004). POAG (506.69 ± 35.08 µm) and NTG (510.79 ± 44.37 µm) groups had thinner CCT than PXG (520.48 ± 38.95 µm), PACG (524.00 ± 37.16 µm), and JOAG (518.00 ± 30.82 µm) groups, but this was not statistically significant (p = 0. 296). There was a statistically significant decline of CCT with advanced age (P = 0.02). There wasn't significant difference of average CCT between the ethnic groups (P = 0.3) and gender (P = 0.064).CONCLUSION:
The mean CCT of Ethiopian glaucoma patients is thinner than Caucasians and similar to those reported from previous studies in Sub Saharan Africa. OHT patients had thicker CCT; there was no statistically significant difference observed in average CCT amongst glaucoma subtypes.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Glaucoma
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Cornea
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
BMC Ophthalmol
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Etiopia