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EYE
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 663-668Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.3
Keywords
tonometry; intraocular pressure; corneal thickness; primary open-angle glaucoma; ocular hypertension
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Purpose To assess the agreement in the measurement of intraocular pressure obtained by dynamic contour tonometer (DCT) and noncontact tonometer (NCT) in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension, to investigate the effect of corneal thickness on pressure readings by both instruments, and to assess the reproducibility of dynamic contour tonometer. Methods NCT and DCT measurements were made on 104 eyes of 104 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (n = 75) or ocular hypertension (n = 29), and agreement was assessed by means of Bland-Altman plots. The effect of corneal thickness on both tonometers was assessed by linear regression analysis. Interobserver and intraobserver variations for dynamic contour tonometer were assessed in 41 eyes of 41 patients. Results The mean difference +/- SD (95% limits of agreement) between NCT and DCT was -0.80 +/- 2.98 (-6.6 to 5.1) mmHg (P = 0.009) and no relation between NCT/DCT differences and average was found. The intraocular pressure readings obtained by noncontact tonometer depended on central corneal thickness (P<0.001, adjusted r(2) = 0.301). However, dynamic contour tonometer readings showed no effect of corneal thickness (P = 0.388, adjusted r(2) = -0.002). The coefficient of repeatability for DCT was 0.92 (95% CI 0.85-0.96, P = 0.001). Conclusion In subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension, NCT and DCT readings are not interchangeable. DCT measurements, unlike NCT measurements, did not depend on corneal thickness.
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