Intraocular Pressure and Associated Factors

Low mean IOP was found when compared with other epidemiologic studies and this may be explained by the low central corneal thickness found in the study population. Several known ocular and medical factors and new socioeconomic factors were found to be associated with IOP. Identifying risk factors associated with IOP in different populations may allow clinicians to better define and recognize subgroups of patients at risk of elevated IOP. Newly identified socioeconomic-IOP associations will need to be validated in future studies.