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Table 2 International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO) definitions for glaucoma used in analysis (Adapted From Foster, 2002) [13]

From: A Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nigeria: results from the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

 

VCDR or VCDR asymmetry

    

Level of evidence

Image reading analysis

Clinical records analysis

Visual fields

Intraocular pressure

Visual acuity

Medical history

Other features

Category 1

≥97.5th percentile:

≥97.5th percentile:

Typical defect

   

 VCDR

0.7

0.6

 VCDR asymmetry

0.1

0.2

Category 2

≥99.5th percentile:

≥99.5th percentile:

Not available

   

 VCDR

0.75

0.7

 VCDR asymmetry

0.2

0.3

Category 2b

≤97.5th percentile: 0.7

≤97.5th percentile: 0.6

±Typical defect

≥99.5th percentile: 28 mmHg

 

RAPD, Corneal edema

Category 3

Not available

 

Not available

≥99.5th percentile: 28 mmHg

<20/400

Surgery for glaucoma

  1. VCDR vertical cup:disc ratio, RAPD relative afferent pupillary defect