Basrah Journal of Surgery

Abstract

AGE AND GENDER VARIATION IN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
Khalid I Almearaj
DO, CABO. Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Department of surgery, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah � Iraq.
Abstract
During the last 7 years, the intraocular pressure (IOP) of 7000 males and females of different age groups were measured by Goldmann applanation tonometer. The results show a statistically significant decrease of IOP with age after the age of 30 years. They also show a higher reading in females than in males after the age of 40 years.