Research results from Royal Eye Hospital update knowledge of glaucoma in women

A report, "Comparing central corneal thickness in a sub-Saharan cohort to African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans," is newly published data in Cornea. In this recent report, researchers in Manchester, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To evaluate the central corneal thickness (CCT) of Africans in a glaucoma practice in a university teaching hospital in West Nigeria, Africa, and compare results with similar studies carried out in African American and Afro-Caribbean populations. CCT was measured by means of ultrasound pachymetry (pachymeter used was Micropach 200 P+ Pachymeter; Sonomed) in only African participants with either glaucomatous or healthy eyes."

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