Table 2 Medical, lifestyle, and family history related factors by glaucoma among adult patients attending the ophthalmic outpatient department in Debre Tabor Comprehensive and Specialized hospital, South Gondar Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2021
Factors | Category | Glaucoma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | ||
Family history of glaucoma | Yes | 16 | 6.2 | 8 | 3.2 |
No | 50 | 19.8 | 179 | 70.8 | |
Duration of year illness | < 6 month | 20 | 7.8 | 55 | 21.7 |
6 month to 1 year | 12 | 4.6 | 46 | 18.2 | |
> 1 year | 34 | 13.7 | 86 | 34.0 | |
Ocular history of; | Trauma | 5 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.0 |
Surgery | 3 | 1.2 | 13 | 5.2 | |
Steroid use | 8 | 3.2 | 3 | 1.2 | |
refractive error | 3 | 1.2 | 8 | 3.2 | |
Blood pressure | < 140/90 | 50 | 19.8 | 166 | 65.6 |
> = 140/90 | 16 | 6.2 | 21 | 8.3 | |
Chronic Illness | Hypertension | 16 | 6.2 | 18 | 7.3 |
Diabetes mellitus | 8 | 3.2 | 8 | 3.2 | |
Cardiac | 8 | 3.2 | 3 | 1.2 | |
Chronic kidney disease | 3 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.0 | |
None | 31 | 12.3 | 153 | 60.5 | |
Previous eye examination | Yes | 105 | 41.5 | 11 | 4.2 |
No | 10 | 4.0 | 81 | 32.0 | |
Types of Refraction error | Myopia | – | – | 6 | 6.2 |
Astigmatism | 5 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.0 | |
None | 61 | 24.1 | 167 | 66.0 | |
Smoking status | Yes | 26 | 10.3 | 31 | 12.3 |
No | 40 | 15.8 | 156 | 61.7 | |