We generated genotypes in 191 unrelated Caucasian POAG patients and 167 unrelated Caucasian controls for the following polymorphisms within p53: rs1042522 (Arg72Pro), rs17878362 (16 bp Ins/Del), and rs1800371 (Pro47Ser) by PCR amplification followed by restriction digestion and sequence analysis. This evidence concerns the gene TP53 and open-angle glaucoma.