Prevalence of pseudoexfoliation among patients at the Kolar district's tertiary care teaching Institute

The prevalence of pseudoexfoliation among patients seeking treatment at a teritiary care teaching institute of kolar district is of interest. This was a cross sectional observational study done at teritiary care center 3649 subjects underwent complete ophthalmic evaluation was done including history, visual acuity, slit lamp examination for cataract grading and posterior segment evaluation and IOP. Pseudoexfoliation Patients data were analyzed with respect to age, sex, IOP, cataract and optic neuropathy. 372subjects had pseudoexfoliation syndrome (10.1 %). There was a significant increase in prevalence with age more in age group of 61-70 years increase preponderance in males. 53 cases with PEX (14.2%) had high IOP, and 41 cases (11%) had PEX glaucoma. The prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome was 10.1%. Raised IOP was seen in14.2 % of people with pseudoexfoliation and glaucoma was present in11% of people.