Risk Factors for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) Progression: A Study Ruled in Torino

What is it about?

Aim of this retrospective, observational study is to describe features of a population sample, affected by primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in order to evaluate damage progression on the basis of the emerged individual risk factors.

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Why is it important?

Results of this study confirm and enforce data coming from most recent studies: IOP remains the main risk factor for glaucoma assess and progression; age and familiarity are great risk factors as underlined in the last decades; female sex can be an important risk factors as emerged only in the last years; arterial hypertension should always be evaluated in timing of our clinic follow up. EACH mmHg is important! We estimated that, on average, for each mmHg increase in IOP, there is a worsening of MD variable of -8.82 dB, equivalent to -1.34 dB per year.