Research Article

Relationship between Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Visual Field Progression in Patients with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Table 1

Demographics and clinical characteristics.

VariableControl group ()PACG group () value

Age (year)0.437&
Gender (male/female)34/5537/570.872
BMI (m2/kg)0.348&
SBP (mm Hg)0.306&
DBP (mm Hg)0.589&
Smoking (yes/no)20/6923/710.750
Drinking (yes/no)22/6724/700.899
Number of topical glaucoma medications,
 04
 1-233
 >257
IOP (mm Hg)<0.001&
VCDR
CCT (mm)
ACD (cm)
AL (cm)
MD (dB)
MS (dB)
GPX (U/L)0.517&
GR (U/L)0.148&
SOD (U/mL)<0.001&
TAS<0.001&
MDA (umol/l)<0.001&
H2O2 (umol/l)<0.001&

&Independent-samples -test; #Mann-Whitney test; test. BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; IOP: intraocular pressure; VCDR: vertical cup-disc ratio; CCT: central corneal thickness; ACD: anterior chamber depth; AL: axial length; MD: visual field mean deviation; MS: visual field mean sensitivity; SOD: superoxide dismutase; TAS: total antioxidant status; H2O2: hydrogen peroxide; MDA: malondialdehyde; GPX: glutathione peroxidase; GR: glutathione reductase.