Open AccessCorrelation between the pressure-to-cornea index and both structural and functional measures of glaucoma
Author(s) -
Andrea M B V Franco,
Niro Kasahara
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.143924
Subject(s) - conventional pci , medicine , glaucoma , ophthalmology , intraocular pressure , cornea , confidence interval , ocular hypertension , open angle glaucoma , optometry , cardiology , myocardial infarction
the pressure-to-cornea index (PCI) was proposed in order to integrate intraocular pressure and central cornea thickness as a single-risk factor for glaucoma. The purpose of this study was to correlate the PCI with a structural and two functional measures of glaucoma.