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Risk Factors for glaucoma
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Risk Factors for glaucoma

Risk factors are divided in to ocular and non ocular factors.

Ocular Factors2,3   

  • Increased intraocular pressure
  • Central corneal thickness
  • Optic nerve structure
  • Disc hemorrhage
  • Other ocular disorders

Non-ocular Factors1 

  • Age
  • Race
  • Family history/genetic predisposition
  • Vascular disease (hypotension and vasospasm)

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Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date last updated: April 12, 2012
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References 
  1. Glaucoma. National Eye Institute. National Institutes of Health. Available at: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/glaucoma/glaucoma_facts.asp. Accessed on: 13 July 2008.
  2. Wilson MR. In: Clinical Guide to Glaucoma Management. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann; 2004.
  3. Medeiros FA, Sample PA, Zangwill LM, Bowd C, Aihara M, Weinreb RN. Corneal thickness as a risk factor for visual field loss in patients with preperimetric glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003; 136: 805–813.
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