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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Apr;49(4):1473–1479. doi: 10.1167/iovs.07-1139

TABLE 2.

Experimental Results for Diurnal and Nocturnal IOP, Aqueous Flow Rate, and Outflow Facility

Sitting IOP
(mm Hg)
Supine IOP
(mm Hg)
Aqueous Flow Rate
(µL/min)
Outflow Facility
(µL/min/mm Hg)
All Ages
  Day 13.8 ± 2.3 18.9 ± 2.7 2.26 ± 0.73 0.27 ± 0.11
  Night 12.9 ± 2.4 17.8 ± 2.5 1.12 ± 0.75 0.25 ± 0.08
  P 0.02 0.001 <0.001 0.13
18–29 y
  Day 13.8 ± 1.9 18.7 ± 2.4 2.21 ± 0.70 0.27 ± 0.12
  Night 131 ± 2.5 17.6 ± 2.4 1.08 ± 0.75 0.25 ± 0.09
  P 0.18 0.03 <0.001 0.42
30–45 y
  Day 139 ± 2.8 19.2 ± 2.9 2.33 ± 0.76 0.28 ± 0.09
  Night 12.7 ± 2.4 18.0 ± 2.7 1.18 ± 0.77 0.25 ± 0.08
  P 0.05 0.006 <0.001 0.10

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD.