Purpose. Iron deficiency anemia is an important public health problem.Also it is considered to be a risk factor for many diseases.The\nstudy demonstrates the iron deficiency anemia frequency in glaucoma patients and compareswith the normal subjects.We aimed to\ndetermine the iron deficiency anemia frequency in glaucoma patients. Methods. Prospective, controlled study in a single university\nhospital setting. A total of 130 normal subjects (Group 1) and 131 glaucoma patients (Group 2) were included. The erythrocytes\nparameters, hemoglobin, red blood cell, hematocrit,mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean\ncorpuscular hemoglobin, and red blood cell distribution width, and iron status indicators, Fe (iron), total iron binding capacity,\nand ferritin of the cases, in normal subjects and glaucoma patients were compared. Results. There was no statistically significant\ndifference for the erythrocyte parameters between the groups ...The number of the patients with iron deficiency anemia\nin both groups was similar. No statistically significant difference was found in the comparison of erythrocyte parameters and iron\nstatus indicators values according to the number of antiglaucomatous agents and visual field changes according to the presence of\nanemia in Group 2 ....A statistically significant difference was found only in MCH when the erythrocyte parameters and\niron status indicators values of the cases in glaucoma patients were compared with the glaucoma duration.... Conclusion.\nThe iron deficiency anemia frequency was like the normal population in glaucoma patients.
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