Research Article

Enhanced Physiological Stress Response in Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma during Hypoxia

Table 2

Inclusion criteria for patients with NTG.

Untreated intraocular pressure (IOP) never detected higher than 21 mmHg measured at different times of the day (8 AM–5 PM)
Open anterior chamber angles observed by gonioscopy
Glaucomatous cupping characterized by a violated ISNT rule (that normal eyes show a characteristic configuration for disc rim thickness of inferior ≥ superior ≥ nasal ≥ temporal)
Glaucomatous visual field loss by Humphrey perimetry or Octopus perimetry