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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2011 Jun 25;119(3):437–442. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.03.018

Table 1.

Formulae to adjust intraocular pressure measured by tonometry for central corneal thickness.

Formula Name (adjusted for IOP) Formula
Ehlers11
IOP[5.0(CCT10000.520)0.070]
Whitacre12
IOP[2.0(CCT10000.520)0.100]
Orssengo/Pye13 IOP=IOPK, where
 i.
K=(B1C1+CB)
 ii.
B1=0.6π7.8(7.80.5802)((10.492)0.5802)
 iii.
B=0.6π7.8(7.8CCT10002)(10.492(CCT1000)2)
 iv.
C1=π7.8(7.80.5802)2[(10.49)7.350.580]
 v.
C=π7.8(7.8CCT10002)2[(10.49)7.35CCT1000]
Doughty14
IOP[2.5(CCT10000.535)0.05]
Kohlhaas15
IOP+(23.280.0423CCT)

IOP = intraocular pressure; CCT = central corneal thickness, π = 3.14159265