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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol 29, 1478-1485, Copyright © 1988 by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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The effect of long-term intraocular pressure reduction on the differential light sensitivity in glaucoma suspects

BC Chauhan, SM Drance and GR Douglas
Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

This study was undertaken to observe the effect on the differential light sensitivity in glaucoma suspects produced by a long-term reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) with timolol maleate. The results are taken from an ongoing 6 year follow-up study of glaucoma suspects randomly selected for treatment and nontreatment. We present fine-grid meridional data, recorded every 4 months by automated perimetry, of all 46 patients (24 treated and 22 untreated) who completed the 6 year follow-up without developing localized visual field defects, acquired optic disc changes and whose IOP was not judged clinically dangerous during the follow-up. Methods of analyzing the profile sensitivity, the profile slope and the sensitivity of specific locations over the follow-up are described. The results show that the long-term fluctuation in differential light sensitivity in the two groups was not significantly different (P = 0.395) and that the sensitivity at most of the locations remained stable. The number of stable locations was not significantly different in the two groups (P = 0.412) and there was also no difference in the number of locations where the sensitivity appeared to decrease (P = 0.193) or increase (P = 0.540). Analysis of covariance showed no group difference in the profile sensitivity or the profile slope and that these variables remained stable in both groups over the 6 year period. Although the treated group maintained a consistently lower IOP than the untreated controls, our results showed that long-term pressure reduction with timolol in glaucoma suspects appeared not to influence the differential light sensitivity in the tested meridian.


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