Optic nerve diseases, such as the glaucomas, lead to changes in the intrapapillary and
parapapillary region of the optic nerve head. These changes can be described by the …

Tobacco smoke is composed of as many as 4,000 active compounds, most of them toxic on
either acute or long-term exposure. Many of them are also poisonous to ocular tissues …

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the relationship between myopia and open-angle glaucoma, ocular
hypertension (OH), and intraocular pressure (IOP) in a representative older population …

Objective: To evaluate the association of vascular factors with primary open-angle glaucoma
(POAG). Design: A population-based prevalence survey of ocular disease among black and …

Abstract The Beaver Dam Eye Study is a population-based study of age-related eye
diseases in persons 43-86 yr of age. Applanation tonometry was done on all study subjects …

Purpose.: To evaluate the effect of myopia on the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer
(RNFL) thickness measured by Cirrus HD optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods …

Purpose: The authors explore the relationship between diabetes and open-angle glaucoma
in a defined older Australian population. Methods: Three thousand six hundred fifty-four …

OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence and associations with refractive errors in a defined
older population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3654 residents …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of refractive errors to glaucoma and intraocular
pressure (IOP) in a defined white population. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional …

• We studied the size, shape, and configuration of connective tissue of the optic disc in
normal eye-bank eyes from 60 adults. The mean vertical and horizontal disc diameters were …