Blood Pressure and Glaucoma

Objective:

To know the association between blood pressure and Glaucoma.

Material and Methods:

The study was carried out in a tertiary health care hospital, 46 patient of both sexes and nearly all age group were taken as sample.

Statistical Analysis:

The data collected from the sampled patients, stratified tabulated, analysed and inferences were drawn and simple statistical procedure like proportion etc. were applied as per requirement.

Observation and Discussion:

34.8 percent patient had systolic blood pressure 110-129mm of Hg while 50.00% of sampled patient had diastolic pressure 80-94 mm of Hg while 23.9 percent patient presented with 140-149 mm of Hg systolic blood pressure, and 19.6 percent patients 130-139 mmHg of systolic blood pressure.

As for as diastolic BP was concerned 30.4 percent and 19.6 percent patient having diastolic BP 70-79 and 95-109mm of Hg respectively.

Conclusion and Recommendation:

The findings of the present study was more or less similar to the findings of few other studies conducted by different authors from time to time. Authors still feel that more and more such studies with bigger size of sample must be done to a clear and real picture could come and action should be taken accordingly.