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Risk factors for glaucoma

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Recognised risk factors for glaucoma now include elevated intraocular pressure, age,race, family history, myopia and corneal thickness. In this article, Drs James Li Yim andDonald Montgomery discuss these risk factors such as the effect of diabetes and systemichypertension, which may be protective of the optic nerve in some patients while posing athreat in others.

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