Table 1: Common risk factors for glaucoma

  1. High intraocular pressure (IOP)

  2. Old age

  3. Race: black people have a higher risk

  4. Family history (a three-fold increased risk)

  5. Diabetes (a two-fold increased risk)

  6. Poorly controlled hypertension

  7. Migraine and vasospasm

  8. Myopia

  9. Eye injury

  10. Steroid treatment (both topical or systemic)