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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Apr 27;154(2):315–325.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.014

Table 5.

Frequency of Specific Diagnostic Criteria for Defining Open-Angle Glaucoma in Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Participants (n = 98)

Diagnostic Criteria Frequency (n=98)
n %
A. Evidence of visual field* and optic disc damage
    1. Open angle, ≥2 reliable, abnormal visual field tests with excellent congruence and optic disc damage both characteristic of glaucoma 16 16.3
    2. Open angle, ≥1 abnormal visual field test(s) and optic disc damage both characteristic of or compatible with glaucoma 39 39.8
    3. End-stage disease with visual acuity ≤20/200 and a cup–disc ratio of 1.0 and absence of visual field data 1 1.0
    4. Combinations of visual field and optic disc abnormalities with fair congruence between fields that are both compatible with glaucoma 14 14.3
B. Evidence of either visual field* or optic disc damage
    5. ≥1 abnormal visual field test(s) that are characteristic of or compatible with glaucoma and no evidence of optic disc damage 9 9.2
    6. Characteristic or compatible glaucomatous optic disc damage with no evidence of visual field abnormality 19 19.4
*

Humphrey C24 Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm Standard and/or full threshold C24-2.