AIM:To compare the intraocular pressure measurements of the college students of Uyghur and Han by Goldmann tonometer, non-contact tonometer and Schiotz tonometer.

METHODS:This cross-sectional study measured the intraocular pressure of college students of Uyghur and Han with Goldmann tonometer, non-contact tonometer and Schiotz tonometer respectively; comparison was made in the intraocular pressure measurements between the two races, between the two genders in the same race, and between the right and left eyes by three different ophthalmotonometers.

RESULTS: The differences in intraocular pressure measurements by the same tonometer between college students of Uyghur and Han were statistically significant(P<0.05); the differences in the measurements between different genders in one race by the same tonometer were not statistically significant(P>0.05); the differences in the measurements between the right and left eyes with the same tonometer were not statistically significant(P>0.05); the intraocular pressure measurements of college students of Han were higher than that of college students of Uyghur(P<0.05); measurements by non-contact tonometer were higher than those by Goldmann tonometer(P<0.05); measurements by non-contact tonometer were lower than those by Schiotz tonometer(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: There are no differences in the measurements between the two genders and between the right and left eyes by the same tonometer; the measurements of college students of Han are higher than those of college students of Uyghur; measurements by Schiotz tonometer are significantly higher than those by non-contact tonometer; measurements by non-contact tonometer are higher than those by Goldmann tonometer.