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A total of 267 subjects with PACG were recruited and underwent gonioscopy and anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT). Customized software was used to measure ASOCT parameters, including angle opening distance (AOD750) and trabecular-iris-space-area (TISA750) at 750\u00a0\u00b5m from the scleral spur, anterior chamber depth, width, area and volume (ACD, ACW, ACA, ACV), iris thickness (IT750), iris area (IAREA), and lens vault (LV). Presenting IOP was defined as the first IOP reading before the initiation of IOP-lowering treatment. The mean age of the 267 subjects was 67.0\u2009\u00b1\u20098.9\u00a0years, 140 (52.4%) were male, and 246 (92.1%) were of Chinese ethnicity. PAS was present in 122 (45.7%) subjects, and was most frequently found in the superior quadrant (79.5%). Subjects with PAS had greater presenting IOP (28.7\u2009\u00b1\u200912.9 vs 22.4\u2009\u00b1\u20099.7\u00a0mmHg, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), narrower AOD750 (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), smaller TISA750 (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), ACD (p\u2009=\u20090.04), ACA (p\u2009=\u20090.02), ACV (p\u2009=\u20090.01) and larger LV (p\u2009=\u20090.01) compared to PACG eyes without PAS. No significant differences were noted for iris parameters. A multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher presenting IOP (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.20, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), worse visual field mean deviation (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.20, p\u2009=\u20090.01) and narrower AOD750 (\u03b2\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.25, p\u2009=\u20090.03) were the only parameters that significantly correlated with the extent of PAS in clock hours. 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