Comparison of Vitamin D Status and Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms in Patients With High Myopia and Primary Open-angle Glaucoma

Inclusion criteria

-primary open-angle glaucoma (1) intraocular pressure above 21 mmHg or more in each eye without therapy; (2) wide anterior chamber angle; (3)glaucomatous optic neuropathy (Glaucomatous optic nerve damage was defined as cup-to-disc ratio higher than 0.7 or focal loss of the nerve fiber layer (notch) associated with a consistent glaucomatous visual field defect in at least one eye;(4) visual field loss consistent with optic nerve damage and visual fields were performed by using standard automated perimetry in at least one eye.

c(with refractive error >6D) were recruited.

Exclusion criteria

• the presence of any secondary glaucoma with an exfoliation syndrome or a history of ocular trauma, high myopia, macular degeneration, other ocular diseases, and also a known history of systemic diseases and administration of vitamin D3 or other analog.

High myopia patients with ocular disease such as glaucoma, a history of administration of vitamin D3 or other analog or a history of retinopathy or connective tissue disorders associated with myopia, such as Stickler or Marfan syndromes, were not included.