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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan 9;187:108–116. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.12.024

TABLE 4.

Clinical, Demographic, and Disc Hemorrhage Features In Normal Tension Glaucoma and High Tension Glaucoma

Clinical and Demographic Features NTG (N = 28) HTG (N = 12) P Value

Age in years, mean (SD) 65.5 (8.9) 67.2 (10.9) .54a
Female sex, n (%)    25 (89.3)       7 (58.3)    .039c
Hypertension, n (%)       9 (32.1)       9 (75.0)    .013b
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)       2 (7.1)       3 (25.0) .15c
Using blood thinning medication, n (%)       9 (32.1)       6 (50.0) .31c
LogMAR best-corrected visual acuity, mean (SD)  0.05 (0.1)  0.11 (0.2) .35a
Intraocular pressure at time of hemorrhage discovery, in mm Hg, mean (SD) 13.3 (2.4) 16.4 (2.7)    .0022a
Maximum intraocular pressure in affected eye, in mm Hg, mean (SD) (n = 38) 17.1 (2.3) 24.6 (4.6)  <.0001a
Cup-to-disc ratio at time of hemorrhage discovery, mean (SD)   0.7 (0.1)   0.8 (0.1)     .0016a
Mean deviation on reliable visual field closest to time of hemorrhage discovery in affected eye in decibels, mean (SD) (n = 39) −2.7 (2.2) −6.0 (3.5)     .0052a
Hemorrhage descriptors
 ΔA (arterial-hemorrhage densitometry), mean (SD), pixel intensity units   7.9 (7.3)   4.4 (7.6) .27a
 ΔV (venous–hemorrhage densitometry), mean (SD), pixel intensity units −3.9 (7.9) −6.4 (8.2) .42a
 Length-to-width ratio, mean (SD)   5.1 (2.5)   4.6 (2.4) .61a

HTG = high tension glaucoma; NTG = normal tension glaucoma.

a

Mann-Whitney U test.

b

χ2 test.

c

Fisher exact test.