Prevalence of Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma as Well as Associated Factors in Graves' Orbitopathy.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of ocular hypertension (OHT) and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in patients with Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and to investigate the associations between clinical features of the disease and the prevalence of OHT and OAG.

METHODS

A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted among a total of 1128 patients with GO. A complete ophthalmic examination was performed, including intraocular pressure, optic disc photography, visual field testing using a Humphrey visual field analyzer, and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured by optical coherence tomography. The results were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

RESULTS

A 6.8% prevalence of OHT (77/1128) and a 1.6% prevalence of OAG (18/1128) were observed. When considering only patients older than 40 years, the prevalence of OHT and OAG was 9.5% and 3.4%, respectively. Twenty-nine of the 1128 patients (2.6%) developed compressive optic neuropathy. Of the factors evaluated, male sex [odds ratio (OR), 1.83; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.08-3.10], duration of GO (6 to 24 mo; OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.17-3.71; 24 to 60 mo; OR, 3.45; 95% CI, 1.66-7.18), clinical activity score ≥3 (OR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.03-3.01), extraocular muscle involvement (OR, 4.65; 95% CI, 2.54-8.50), and lid retraction (OR, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.19-3.96) were associated with the prevalence of OHT in GO. The prevalence of OAG was associated with male sex (OR, 4.29; 95% CI, 1.60-11.51) and duration of GO (≥60 mo; OR, 4.28; 95% CI, 1.11-16.47).

CONCLUSIONS

The prevalence of OHT in patients with GO was higher and the prevalence of OAG was similar to that in the general population.