Myopia, or near–sightedness, is the refractive error in which the rays of

incident light from infinity are focused in front of the retina, in an

unaccommodated state.

 We found  that, there is a significant correlationbetween myopia and intraocular pressure as increase in the IOP was onbhigher side in high and moderate myopics in comparison to emmetropic andlow myopic indicating higher degrees of myopia as an important risk factor for

ocular hypertension.