How is Systemic Blood Pressure and Intraocular Pressure Related

Abstract

Population based studies have shown that ocular intraocular pressure (IOP) is a major and only realistic modifiable risk factor for glaucoma. 1,2 Therefore, it is important to study the characteristics that are associated with raised IOP. Several factors are associated with raised IOP, i.e. age, gender, central corneal thickness, race, blood pressure, body mass index, lens status, etc. [3][4][5][6] There is increasing evidence that systemic blood pressure (BP) is related with IOP, however reported associations between BP and IOP in healthy individuals and OAG patients are contradictory. This review summarizes the relationship between BP and IOP in a healthy subject and in an OAG patient.