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Optic disc morphometry in chronic primary open-angle glaucoma

II. Correlation of the intrapapillary morphometric data to visual field indices

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The intrapapillary morphometric data of 290 optic nerve heads of 158 patients with chronic primary open-angle glaucoma and of 253 unselected normal subjects were correlated with the visual field indices of Octopus program 32,34-Delta. Only one eye per patient was considered. Significant correlations (P < 0.001) were revealed for the neuroretinal rim (NRR) area as a whole and in four defined disc sectors, the ratio of lower temporal to upper temporal rim area, the rim width, the optic cup area and diameters, the horizontal and vertical cup/disc (c/d) ratios, and the quotient of horizontal to vertical c/d ratio. Correlation coeffcients ranged between 0.30 and 0.77. They were highest for the rim area of the inferior temporal disc sector, followed by the superior temporal, nasal, and temporal sectors. There were no correlations for the optic disc size and form. The topographic morphometry of the intrapapillary optic disc structures was unremarkable in four glaucomatous eyes with small discs.

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  1. Augenklinik mit Poliklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-8520, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Jost B. Jonas, Gabriele C. Gusek & Gottfried O. H. Naumann

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This study was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grant DFG Jo/155/2-1, the Ernst-Muck Foundation, and the Dr. Helmut and Margarete Meyer-Schwarting Foundation

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Jonas, J.B., Gusek, G.C. & Naumann, G.O.H. Optic disc morphometry in chronic primary open-angle glaucoma. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 226, 531–538 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02169200

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