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JOURNAL OF GLAUCOMA
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 761-768Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001014
Keywords
primary open-angle glaucoma; complement system; complement C3; serum
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- Shanghai Sailing Program [18YF1403500]
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning [20174Y0169]
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Purpose:To evaluate the serum complement component (C)3 concentration in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and to investigate the association between C3 levels and POAG severity.Materials and Methods:This study enrolled 190 consecutive POAG patients and 204 normal control subjects. A detailed eye and systematic examination, including intraocular pressure, gonioscopy, fundus photography, A-scan ultrasound, visual field testing, electrocardiograms, x-rays, liver function, renal function, infectious disease, etc., and measurement of serum C3 concentration by immunoturbidimetry, was performed. The subgroups were classified according to age (17 to 29, 30 to 49, 50 to 69, 70+y), sex, and visual field: mild (MD6dB), moderate (6dB12dB) glaucoma.Results:The serum C3 level of the POAG (95.6317.71mg/dL) was approximate to 20.93% lower than that of the control group (115.65 +/- 22.19mg/dL) (P<0.001). A similar result was observed when serum levels of C3 were compared between the POAG and control groups with respect to age and sex. The mean serum C3 level was lowest in the severe POAG group (85.18 +/- 19.62mg/dL), followed by the moderate POAG group (96.62 +/- 12.63mg/dL) and the mild POAG group (110.44 +/- 14.89mg/dL) (P<0.001). Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed a significant correlation between the C3 levels and the vertical cup-disc ratio (B=-0.373, P=0.026), C3 levels and MD (B=-0.546, P=0.001). Logistic regression analyses revealed that serum C3 levels were associated (odds ratio=0.939, 95% CI=0.901-0.979, P=0.003) with severity of POAG.Conclusions:The POAG patients had decreased C3 levels, which were further negatively associated with POAG severity, suggesting the involvement of C3 in the pathomechanisms of POAG.
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