A rterial hypertension and glaucoma are age-related con- ditions, and their prevalence is expected to rise in the coming years.Because these conditions are common and agerelated, with race playing a major risk factor, they can often coexist. 1 There are complex interactions between blood pressure (BP), intraocular pressure (IOP), and ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), which is the difference between mean BP and IOP.This brief review focuses on the role of BP, whether high or low, in the prevalence and in the progression of glaucoma.We searched the databases of MEDLINE and EMBASE, as well as the reference lists of the retrieved articles, up to 2018.Key words were "glaucoma," blood pressure," "nocturnal pressure," "ocular perfusion pressure," "antihypertensive."We privileged systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and the most recent articles.
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