Central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in a Mongolian population1☆,
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Materials and methods
A representative population-based sample was selected for examination in Hövsgöl Province, Northern Mongolia, between May and August 1995. The selection strategy and demographics of these subjects are described in detail elsewhere.19, 21 In brief, the subjects were selected from one urban and three rural locations. Four hundred subjects 40 years of age and older were chosen by simple random selection from the population of the provincial capital (the urban site). Three rural locations were
Results
Corneal thickness was measured in both eyes of all 300 subjects (100%) aged 10 to 39 years. Among the 1000 subjects aged 40 years and older, 942 attended for examination. The CCT was measured in the right eyes of 927 subjects and the left eyes of 929 subjects. Because an alternative endpoint was used for measurement of CCT in the first 100 subjects aged 40 years and older, CCT data are presented for 1129 consecutive individuals (86.8% of the 1300 subjects selected for examination). Intraocular
Discussion
The indirect measurement of a physiologic variable, such as IOP, by extrapolation from the measurement of another (force required to flatten the central cornea) inevitably will be subject to error as a consequence of the necessary assumptions made about the relationship between the two parameters. The thickness of the cornea and the mechanical properties of its constituent tissues clearly will affect the force required to flatten its center. This was recognized when the modern applanation
Acknowledgements
The technical assistance of Pak Sang Lee is acknowledged.
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Supported by the British Council for Prevention of Blindness, with additional support from Danida, Copenhagen; the International Glaucoma Association, London; and The Danish Association for the Blind, Copenhagen. Analysis and writing were facilitated by grant NMRC 1994/0044 from The National Medical Research Council, Republic of Singapore, and the Singapore National Eye Centre.
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