Neovascular glaucoma after central retinal vein occlusion in pre-existing glaucoma

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 4 Visual and optic nerve changesin various pre-existing glaucoma types

	POAG	PACG	NTG	Overall
Case number	28	27	5
IOP at presentation (mmHg)	24.3±10.0	19.7±7.4	18.6±11.3	21.7±9.2
Baseline BCVA (Snellen)	0.027	0.015	0.023	0.02
Final BCVA (Snellen)	0.018	0.013	0.005	0.014
Cup-to-disc ratio
Initial (mean±SD)	0.69±0.17	0.72±0.16	0.88±0.04	0.72±0.16
Final (mean±SD)	0.75±0.16	0.77±0.14	0.88±0.04	0.77±0.15
p value ^†	0.01	0.036		0.001
Follow-up (months) (mean±SD)	30.1±26.9	32.3±32.8	25.8±22.7	30.8±29.1

Abbreviations: BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, NVG neovascular glaucoma, PACG primary angle closure glaucoma, POAG primary open angle glaucoma, and SD standard deviation.
^†Changes betweenthe initial and final cup-to-disc ratio were examined using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

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