One-quarter of the newly diagnosed glaucoma patients discontinued glaucoma medication within the first 3 months of being prescribed it, and some factors were significantly associated with persistence with medication use.

GLAST and GLT-1 may have different roles in the survival of RGCs mediated by retinal glial cells. These results suggest that the NMDA-associated induction of GLTs plays an important role in RGC survival.

AC was developed by 5.4 % of senior Japanese residents over the 5-year period. The shallow anterior chamber and the marked decrease in anterior chamber depth were associated with AC development.

ACDG and ACA decreased with age, and initial ACDG and ACA were related to the progression of open-angle glaucoma.

Based on our results, the SS-OCT and SPAC measurements of the anterior segment were significantly correlated, but the values cannot be considered to be directly interchangeable.