Factors influencing intermethod agreement between goldmann applanation, pascal dynamic contour, and ocular response analyzer tonometry. 2013

Michael Sullivan-Mee, and Sarah E Lewis, and Denise Pensyl, and Gretchen Gerhardt, and Kathy D Halverson, and Clifford Qualls
Albuquerque VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. Michael.Sullivan-Mee@va.gov

OBJECTIVE To examine factors that influence intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement agreement between Goldmann applanation (GAT), Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA), and Pascal Dynamic Contour tonometers (DCT). METHODS In subjects who were diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, glaucoma suspect, and normal, we used ORA, DCT, and GAT to obtain corneal hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF), ocular pulse amplitude, and 4 IOP values (ORA-IOPcc; ORA-IOPg; DCT-IOP; and GAT-IOP.) We also obtained corneal curvature, corneal thickness, axial length, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, visual field parameters, diabetes diagnostic status, and topical IOP-lowering treatment data. Analysis of variance, Bland-Altman, and regression analyses were used to examine IOP agreement and associated factors. RESULTS In 243 eyes of the 243 subjects, mean DCT-IOP (18.73±4.92) was not different from mean ORA-IOPcc (18.96±5.41) but both were significantly higher than ORA-IOPg (16.97±5.49) and GAT-IOP (16.37±4.97). In multivariate regression models, intermethod differences between IOPg, IOPcc, and DCT-IOP were explained almost completely by variations in CH, CRF, and level of IOP (r(2)=0.98 to 0.99); conversely, intermethod variability between GAT-IOP and the other 3 IOP metrics was only partially explained by the factors evaluated in this study (r(2)=0.31 to 0.65). CONCLUSIONS Consistent with other studies, we found that the 4 IOP variables examined in this study are not interchangeable. The most consistent confounders of IOP measurement agreement were the ORA-measured corneal parameters, CH and CRF. Thus, accounting for these factors may be important in efforts to obtain accurate transcorneal estimates of IOP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009798 Ocular Hypertension A condition in which the intraocular pressure is elevated above normal and which may lead to glaucoma. Glaucoma, Suspect,Hypertension, Ocular,Glaucomas, Suspect,Hypertensions, Ocular,Ocular Hypertensions,Suspect Glaucoma,Suspect Glaucomas
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005123 Eye The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light. Eyes
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005902 Glaucoma, Open-Angle Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris. Glaucoma Simplex,Glaucoma, Pigmentary,Glaucoma, Simple,Open-Angle Glaucoma,Chronic Primary Open Angle Glaucoma,Glaucoma, Compensated,Glaucoma, Compensative,Glaucoma, Open Angle,Glaucoma, Primary Open Angle,Glaucoma, Secondary Open Angle,Primary Open Angle Glaucoma,Secondary Open Angle Glaucoma,Compensated Glaucoma,Compensative Glaucoma,Open Angle Glaucoma,Open Angle Glaucomas,Open-Angle Glaucomas,Pigmentary Glaucoma,Simple Glaucoma,Simplex, Glaucoma,Simplices, Glaucoma

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