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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2013 Nov 28;121(3):750–758. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.022

Table 3.

The complete list of the topical and systemic medications including food supplements. Logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the impact of using medications on total retinal blood flow.

Medications Glaucoma (n = 30) Odds ratio per μL/min total RBF (p-value)* Normal (n = 27) Odds ratio per μL/min total RBF (p-value)*
Systemic beta blockers 7 1.00 (0.82) 4 0.91 (0.09)
Calcium channel blockers 2 0.98 (0.76) 1 0.88 (0.22)
Diuretics 1 0.95 (0.48) 2 0.97 (0.70)
Anti-platelets 9 0.94 (0.11) 1 1.09 (0.49)
Diabetes medications 3 0.90 (0.16) 1 1.09 (0.49)
Vitamin and mineral supplements 4 0.96 (0.30) 1 1.05 (0.68)
Food Supplements 3 1.00 (0.53) 0 N/A
Anti-lipids 8 0.90 (0.10) 1 1.09 (0.49)
Anti-histamines 1 0.93 (0.29) 0 N/A
Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors 1 0.93 (0.29) 0 N/A
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor 0 N/A 2 1.00 (0.98)
Angiotensin II receptor blockers 3 1.00 (0.87) 0 N/A
Hypothyroidism medications 1 1.10 (0.49) 0 N/A
Asthma medications 2 0.80 (0.13) 1 1.07 (0.58)
Estrogen 0 N/A 1 1.05 (0.68)
Pacemaker 0 N/A 1 1.12 (0.41)
Topical beta blockers 11 1.00 (0.93) 0 N/A
Prostaglandin analogs 16 1.00 (0.83) 0 N/A
Alpha 2-adrenergic agonists 3 0.99 (0.98) 0 N/A
Nonselective adrenergic agonists 1 1.58 (0.29) 0 N/A
Topical or systemic
carbonic anhydrase inhibitors 7 0.97 (0.38) 0 N/A

RBF = retinal blood flow; N/A = not applicable;

*

Logistic regression analysis (JMP 8.0.2).