Purpose.- To determine nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma suspects. Material and method.- It is a crossover comparative and open study between march 1998 to February 1999. Group I 50 eyes, Healthy subjects. Group II 170 eyes, glaucoma suspects.
Results.- The nerve fiber polarimetric results for Group I were: Integral polar total 0.7155 mm2 ( S.D. 0.1526) and Polar Total mean 80.09 um (S.D. 15.9). Sector values on superior, inferior, nasal and temporal were recorded. The Polar nerve fiber polarimetric results were: Integral polar total 0.6199 mm2 (S.D. 0.9603) Total Polar Average 65.78 (S.D. 6.81). Conclusions.- We found decreased thickness of nerve fiber layer in the superior, inferior and nasal quadrants in a Mexican mestizo population.