Relationship between intraocular pressure and primary open angle glaucoma among white and black Americans: the Baltimore Eye Survey
• A detailed ocular examination, including perimetry, was conducted on 5308 black and
white subjects aged 40 years and older in a population-based prevalence survey in east
Baltimore, Md. Repeated, detailed examinations were carried out on selected subjects.
Roughly half of all subjects with optic nerve damage from primary open angle glaucoma,
regardless of race, were unaware that they had the condition. The average intraocular
pressure (IOP) among black patients with glaucoma who were receiving treatment was …
white subjects aged 40 years and older in a population-based prevalence survey in east
Baltimore, Md. Repeated, detailed examinations were carried out on selected subjects.
Roughly half of all subjects with optic nerve damage from primary open angle glaucoma,
regardless of race, were unaware that they had the condition. The average intraocular
pressure (IOP) among black patients with glaucoma who were receiving treatment was …