Relationship between intraocular pressure and parameters of obesity in ocular hypertension.

Aim: To evaluate the correlation between intraocular pressure (IOP) and various obesity-related health factors in patients with ocular hypertension in Korea.

Methods: A total of 40 850 subjects underwent age, sex, body weight, and height assessments and automated multiphasic tests, including non-contact tonometry, automated perimetry, fundus photography, systolic/diastolic blood pressure measurement, and evaluation of obesity-related health parameters such as obesity index, body mass index (BMI), a body shape index (ABSI), and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR). Subjects were divided into ocular hypertension group and normal IOP group according to IOP after matching of age and sex.