Table 1.

Intraocular eye pressures of Yanomami studied individuals according to onchocercal eye lesions

Ocular characteristics	Number of eyes (%)	Mean IOP (mm Hg)	Range IOP (mm Hg)	SD*
Intraocular pressure	172	10.47	7–21	2.973
Male (N = 43)	86 (50.0)	9.90	7–16	1.875
Female (N = 43)	86 (50.0)	11.02	7–21	3.706
Ocular diagnosis
With ocular lesions (N = 59)	118 (68.6)	10.46	7–20	3.191
Microfilariae (N = 19)	38 (22.0)	10.84	7–21	4.413
Punctate keratitis (N = 20)	40 (23.2)	9.90	7–14	1.651
Microfilariae and punctate keratitis (N = 12)	24 (13.9)	9.33	8–12	0.984
Corneal scleral carring, anterior uveitis or synechiae (N = 11)	22 (12.7)	11.55	7–20	3.882
Without ocular lesions (N = 27)	54 (31.4)	10.48	7–20	2.486

^*P > 0.05.

IOP = intraocular pressure.