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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Oct 17;95(1):131–141. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2010.183756

Table 1. Summary of clinical findings of glaucoma patients.

(a) Patient no 1 Age: 25 Diagnosis: pigmentary dispersion glaucoma
Right eye Left eye
Visual acuity ▶ 20/15 ▶ 20/15
Colour vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 37 dB, MD of −1.67 dB ▶ Superior arcuate defect, inferior partial arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 37 dB, MD of −16.37 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 15 ▶ 17
Refractive error ▶ −1.50 D (sphere) ▶ −1.75 D (sphere)
Fundus ▶ 0.7 C/D ratio with no notching—see supplementary figure 1A ▶ 0.85 C/D ratio with pallor in the cup and narrow rim—see supplementary figure 1A
(b) Patient no 2 Age: 48 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20-1 ▶ 20/20-1
Colour vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 35 dB, MD of −0.28 dB ▶ Inferior nasal step, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −1.49 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 12 ▶ 13
Refractive error ▶ −6.50+0.50×70 ▶ −6.50+1.00×95
Fundus ▶ 0.6 C/D ratio, normal fundus—see supplementary figure 1B ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with superior notch with a focal NFL defect—see supplementary figure 1B
(c) Patient no 3 Age: 33 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20 ▶ 20/20
Colour vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 39 dB, MD of 0.00 dB ▶ Superior arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 40 dB, MD of −10.77 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 15 ▶ 8
Refractive error ▶ −8.75+1.00×105 ▶ −9.00+3.50×87
Fundus ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio—see supplementary figure 1C ▶ 0.9 C/D ratio—see supplementary figure 1C
(d) Patient no 4 Age: 63 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20-1 ▶ 20/30
Colour vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Superior nasal step, foveal threshold of 35 dB, MD of −5.21 dB ▶ Inferior nasal step, foveal threshold of 33 dB, MD of −4.09 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 14 ▶ 12
Refractive error ▶ +1.50 +0.75×180 ▶ +1.00 D (sphere)
Fundus ▶ 0.75 C/D ratio with thin rim and peripapillary atrophy, no disc haemorrhage, vitreous syneresis—see supplementary figure 1D ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with thin rim and peripapillary atrophy, no disc haemorrhage, vitreous syneresis—see supplementary figure 1D
(e) Patient no 5 Age: 57 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20 ▶ 20/15-2
Colour Vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Superior partial arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −8.35 dB ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −0.75 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 12 ▶ 12
Refractive error ▶ −3.25+0.50×100 ▶ −4.00+0.75×72
Fundus ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with a focal NFL defect, small disc haemorrhage—see supplementary figure 1E ▶ 0.7 C/D ratio with inferior temporal thinning of the rim, no disc haemorrhage—see supplementary figure 1E
(f) Patient no 6 Age: 55 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/15-2 ▶ 20/15-2
Colour vision ▶ Within normal limits ▶ Within normal limits
VF ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 38 dB, MD of −0.28 dB ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −0.56 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 15 ▶ 17
Refractive error ▶ −4.75+0.50×95 ▶ −6.25+1.50×75
Fundus ▶ 0.6 C/D ratio with inferior notch, no disc haemorrhage—see supplementary figure 1F ▶ 0.4 C/D ratio—see supplementary figure 1F
(g) Patient no 7 Age: 56 Diagnosis: NTG
Visual Acuity ▶ 20/20 ▶ 20/20
Colour vision ▶ Abnormally high tritan scores ▶ Abnormally high tritan scores
VF ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of +0.07 dB ▶ Inferior partial arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −4.95 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 13 ▶ 13
Refractive error ▶ −5.25+1.00×180 ▶ −4.75+0.75×25
Fundus ▶ 0.6 C/D ratio with no disc haemorrhage—see supplementary figure 1G ▶ 0.7 C/D ratio with disc haemorrhage at 1 o'clock position—see supplementary figure 1G
(h) Patient no 8 Age: 50 Diagnosis: NTG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/25-2 ▶ 20/20-2
Colour vision ▶ Not available for testing ▶ Not available for testing
VF ▶ Superior arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 37 dB, MD of −4.54 dB ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 38 dB, MD of+0.25 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 14 ▶ 20
Refractive error ▶ +2.00 +1.00×146 ▶ +1.00+0.50×43
Fundus ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with disc haemorrhage at 8-9 o'clock position—see supplementary figure 1H ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with disc haemorrhage at 5 o'clock position—see supplementary figure 1H
(i) Patient no 9 Age: 78 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20-1 ▶ 20/20
Colour vision ▶ Not available for testing ▶ Not available for testing
VF ▶ Superior arcuate defect as well as inferior partial arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD of −15.09 dB ▶ Inferior partial arcuate defect, foveal threshold of 35 dB, MD of −6.72 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 18 ▶ 17
Refractive error ▶ −0.25+0.50×167 ▶ +0.25+0.50×175
Fundus ▶ 0.9 C/D ratio with loss of rimdsee supplementary figure 1I ▶ 0.9 C/D ratio with loss of rim—see supplementary figure 1I
(j) Patient no 10 Age: 57 Diagnosis: POAG
Visual acuity ▶ 20/20 ▶ 20/20
Colour vision ▶ Abnormally high tritan scores ▶ Abnormally high tritan scores
VF ▶ Superior arcuate defect involving fixation, foveal threshold of 36 dB, MD −2.74 dB ▶ Within normal limits, foveal threshold of 33 dB, MD of −1.84 dB
IOP (mm Hg) ▶ 13 ▶ 11
Refractive error ▶ −2.00+1.00×050 ▶ −4.75+3.50×162
Fundus ▶ 0.8 C/D ratio with 360° peripapillary atrophy, thinning of rim in the inferior temporal region—see supplementary figure 1J ▶ 0.6 C/D ratio with normal optic nerve rim—see supplementary figure 1J

C/D, cup to disc; IOL, intraocular lens; NFL, nerve fibre layer; NTG, normal tension glaucoma; POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma; VF, visual field.