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Robert David, MD; Linda M. Zangwill, MS; Zvi Tessler, MD; Yuval Yassur, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(12):1812-1815.

Abstract
• A comprehensive glaucoma screening of residents of three urban areas in southern Israel, aged 40 years and above, was performed between 1982 and 1984. Among other factors tested, intraocular pressure (IOP) and refractive status were recorded and the association between them was analyzed. Information on both factors was available in 2,403 (4,821 eyes) of the 2,594 persons participating. There were significantly more myopes among persons with IOPs of more than 20 mm Hg than with lower IOPs. Mean IOP increased gradually from 14.19 mm Hg in hypermetropes to 16.00 mm Hg among high myopes. Furthermore, the association between refractive status and IOP was stronger among Jews of North African or Asian origin than among Jews of European origin.

Author Affiliations
From the Middle East Research Institute (Drs David and Yassur and Ms Zangwill) and the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Drs David, Tessler, and Yassur), Beer Sheva, Israel.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 9, 1985.

Read in part before the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Sarasota, Fla, May 7, 1985.

Reprint requests to Middle East Eye Research Institute, Beer Sheva 84 105, PO Box 653, Israel (Dr David).

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