Research Article
Determinants of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) of Glaucoma Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of categorical variables of glaucoma patients.
| Variables | Categories | No. of patients (%) | Mean IOP |
| Gender | Female | 108 (32.9) | 28.29 | Male | 220 (67.1) | 29.92 |
| Place of residence | Rural | 146 (44.5) | 30.90 | Urban | 182 (55.5) | 28.05 |
| Family history with glaucoma | Yes | 98 (29.9) | 35.16 | No | 230 (70.1 | 27.09 |
| Family support | Yes | 280 (85.4) | 28.65 | No | 48 (14.6) | 33.71 |
| Type of medication | Timolol | 65 (19.8) | 29.98 | Timolol and pilocarpine | 82 (25.0) | 27.67 | Timolol and diamox | 111 (33.8) | 29.66 | Timolol, pilocarpine, and diamox | 70 (21.3) | 30.60 |
| Duration of treatment | Less than 2 years | 135 (41.2) | 30.08 | 2–5 years | 106 (32.3) | 30.81 | Above 5 years | 87 (26.3) | 27.51 |
| Stage of glaucoma | Early | 121 (36.9) | 26.95 | Moderate | 52 (15.9) | 28.86 | Advanced | 155 (47.3) | 31.84 |
| Cup-disk ratio | Less than or equal to 0.7 | 173 (52.7) | 26.84 | Greater than 0.7 | 153 (47.3) | 32.59 |
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