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KMID : 0360220170580111242
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2017 Volume.58 No. 11 p.1242 ~ p.1247
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24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Normal Tension Glaucoma: Associations with Retinal Vessel Diameter and Visual Field Defect Progression
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Jo Ae-Rin
Lee Hyung-Woo
Cho Byung-Joo
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Abstract
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Purpose: To investigate the correlation between 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring and peripapillary retinal vessel width and visual field (VF) defect progression in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients.
Methods: All patients were classified by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring as non-dipper (nocturnal dip < 10%) and dipper (nocturnal dip ≥ 10%) group. Vessel diameter, mean deviation (MD) value by VF test and VF progression from Glaucoma Progression Analysis (GPA) were compared among non-dipper and dipper groups.
Results: Retinal arterial diameter was wider in the non-dipper group compared to the dipper group (p = 0.015), while retinal venous diameter had no significant relationship between the two groups (p = 0.131). The MD value at baseline and 2 years after was worse in the non-dipper group than the dipper group, respectively (p = 0.006, p = 0.030). But, there was no significant relationship between nocturnal dip and GPA progression (p = 0.658).
Conclusions: There was a statistically significant correlation between nocturnal dips and retinal arterial diameter and MD values. These results suggest that non-invasive fundus photography can predict hemodynamic features like nocturnal dip.
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KEYWORD
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Nocturnal dip, Normal tension glaucoma, Retinal vessel, Vessel narrowing, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
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