Open AccessINTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shahid Faruqi Faruqi,
Abdul R. Khokhar,
Abdul Ghaffar Khan,
Tanvir Ali Khan Shirwany
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.03.1481
Subject(s) - medicine , intraocular pressure , blood pressure , sphygmomanometer , ophthalmology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Objectives: To evaluate the intraocular pressure in diabeto-hypertensivesubjects and age and sex matched normal healthy adults. Study Design: Cross-sectionalanalytic study. Methodology: 50 subjects visiting the out-patient department (OPD) ofOphthalmology in Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, were examined. 25 were newly diagnoseddiabeto-hypertensive, and 25 normal healthy were selected from the relatives of these patients.IOP was checked by Goldman Applanation Tonometer. Blood pressure was checked bymercury sphygmomanometer. Blood glucose level checked by glucometer. Results: The IOPwas raised in both eyes of diabeto-hypertensive patients and there was a significant differencein intraocular pressure of normal healthy control and diabeto-hypertensive subjects. Thedifferences between two groups was analyzed by paired Student’s t-test. The P-value was<0.001. Conclusion: Intra-ocular pressure can be raised in all diabeto-hypertensive subjects,which shows that co-existence of diabetes and hypertension were important risk factor forraised intraocular pressure.