|
|
Cluster 1
(n=10) |
Cluster 2
(n=10) |
Cluster 3
(n=19) |
Cluster 4
(n=23) |
|
Male/ female |
2/8 |
5/5 |
6/13 |
14/9 |
Clinical Eye Diagnoses |
Vital Papilla |
10 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
Glaucomatous Optic
Nerve
Atrophy |
NTG |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
POAG |
0 |
3 |
6 |
14 |
SOAG |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
Cardiaovascular risks and events |
Arterial hypertension |
1 |
1 |
12 |
10 |
Aorto-coronary bypass surgery |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Peripheral arterial disease |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
NTG, normal tension glaucoma; POAG, primary open angle glaucoma; SOAG, secondary open angle glaucoma.
None of the subjects had diabetes, myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack, brain tumor, or surgery or stenosis of the carotids. |
