Open AccessTime-of-Year Variation in Intraocular Pressure
Author(s) -
Christina Morettin,
Daniel K. Roberts,
Tricia L. Newman,
Yongyi Yang,
Janice McMahon,
Mary Flynn Roberts,
Bruce Teitelbaum,
Janis Ecklund Winters
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of glaucoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.11
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1536-481X
pISSN - 1057-0829
DOI - 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001930
Subject(s) - medicine , intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , glaucoma , linear regression , regression analysis , statistical analysis , statistics , mathematics
In this study conducted in Chicago, IL, intraocular pressure (IOP) level was found to have a subtle, but measurable, annual pattern. Reasonable evidence is presented for a time-of-year variation in IOP. Adequate numbers of subjects must be studied to detect this small variation.