Polypharmacy-associated potential contraindications of drug prescriptions in patients with primary angle closure disease in a real-world setting

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Characteristics
Patients, n	43
Age, years	74 (68–79)
Male, n (%)	10 (23.3%)
Number of prescribed medicationson the day of hospitalization	5 (3–9)
Type of PACD
Acute primary angle closure, n (%)	8 (18.6%)
IOP, mmHg*¹	61.1 ± 11.2
ACD, mm	1.32 ± 0.21
Chronic primary angle closure, n (%)	35 (81.4%)
IOP, mmHg*²	18.0 ± 4.9
ACD, mm	1.87 ± 0.23
PACS, n (%)	19 (44.2%)
PAC, n (%)	13 (30.2%)
PACG, n (%)	3 (7.0%)

Continuous data on age and number of prescribed medications are shown as median values and interquartile range, whereas continuous data of IOP and ACD are shown as the mean ± standard deviation
Abbreviations: PACD primary angle closure disease, PACS primary angle closure suspect, PAC primary angle closure, PACG primary angle closure glaucoma, IOP intraocular pressure, ACD anterior chamber depth
*¹: One patient was excluded because IOP was normal at hospitalization after using IOP-lowering medication at other hospital
*²: One patient was excluded because measurement of ACD was used non-contact tonometer

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