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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2006 Nov 7;114(1):10–19. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.031

Table 5.

Univariate and Multivariate Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Development of POAG in the Pooled OHTS and EGPS Control Groups

Baseline Variables Model
Univariate Final Multivariate
N N events HR 95%Low CI 95%Up CI Pvalue N N events HR 95%Low CI 95%Up CI Pvalue
Age decade 1312 165 1.41 1.20 1.65 <.0001 1123 154 1.26 1.06 1.50 0.0072
Male gender 1312 165 1.23 0.91 1.67 0.1772
Mean IOP per mm Hg* 1312 165 1.10 1.03 1.17 0.0052 1123 154 1.09 1.03 1.17 0.0067
Mean CCT per 40 microns thinner 1128 156 2.16 1.81 2.59 <.0001 1123 154 2.04 1.70 2.45 <.0001
Mean Vertical C/D ratio per 0.1 larger 1311 165 1.21 1.12 1.32 <.0001 1123 154 1.19 1.09 1.31 0.0001
Mean PSD per 0.2 dB greater 1308 163 1.12 1.04 1.21 0.0019 1123 154 1.13 1.04 1.24 0.0065
History of heart disease 1312 165 1.62 1.00 2.61 0.0488
Mean deviation defect per 0.1 dB greater 1308 163 0.93 0.81 1.06 0.2799
History of high blood pressure 1312 165 1.14 0.83 1.56 0.4300
History of migraine 1312 165 0.90 0.51 1.58 0.7073
Current use systemic beta blockers 1309 165 0.99 0.49 2.01 0.9736
Current use systemic calcium channel blockers 1309 165 1.00 0.61 1.66 0.9876
Myopia ≥-1 D spherical equivalent 1312 165 0.89 0.64 1.25 0.5108
*

Eye-specific variables are the mean of right and left eyes for each participant

CCT Central corneal thickness

C/D Cup-to-disc ratio

CI Confidence interval

CPSD Corrected pattern standard deviation

D Diopter

dB Decibel

EGPS European Glaucoma Prevention Study

HR Hazard ratio

IOP Intraocular pressure

OHTS Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

POAG Primary open angle glaucoma

PSD Pattern standard deviation