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8475706

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the influence of optic disc diameter on the diagnostic power of subjective disc evaluation of glaucoma. One hundred and thirteen colour disc photographs of 91 patients with primary open angle glaucoma and 174 photographs of 89 randomly selected normal subjects were studied. Five ophthalmologists independently classified all eyes as glaucomatous or normal by disc appearance using a masked forced choice design. Sensitivities and specificities varied strongly as a function of disc diameter. Overall sensitivity for recognizing glaucoma by disc inspection was 58% in small discs, 72% in the middle group and 85% in the group of large discs. These differences were significant, and the odds of recognizing a glaucomatous disc as such increased by a factor of 2.07 between each group. Overall specificity was 99.6% in small discs, 95% in the middle group, and 79% in large normal discs. Thus, larger discs were more likely to be classified as glaucomatous whether they were glaucomatous or not, while small discs were more likely to be classified as normal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0001-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Optic disc diameter influences the ability to detect glaucomatous disc damage.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't