Parameters

Mild V.F loss

Moderate V.F  loss

Severe V.F loss

Aqueous humor TNF – α (pg/ml) r p

 

-0.316 0.251

 

-0.281* <0.001

 

-0.425 0.276

Aqueous humor IL-6 (pg/ml) r p

 

-0.452 0.324

 

-0.275* <0.001

 

-0.293 0.167

Plasma  TNF – α (pg/ml) r p

 

-0.237 0.451

 

-0.196 0.351

 

-0.326 0.251

Plasma  IL-6 (pg/ml) r p

 

-0.189 0.275

 

-0.217 0.432

 

-0.315 0.361
VF.: Visual Field, TNF- α: Tumor necrosis factor- α; IL-6: Interleukin -6 *Significant at P< 0.05
Table 5: Correlation co-efficient values between severity of glaucoma stage and both TNF- a and IL-6 in glaucoma patients.