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Heritability Of Ocular Traits In Hispanics, Aaron T. Gomez, Gladys E. Maestre, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Vincent P. Diego, Nicholas B. Blackburn, Juan B. Yepez, Michele Petitto, Felipe A. Murati, Rosa V. Pirela, Carlos A. Chavez, Winston Lee, Lama A. Al-Aswad, Rando Allikmets, C. Gustavo De Moraes, Matthew P. Johnson, Joseph D. Terwilliger, Joseph H. Lee, John Blangero
Heritability Of Ocular Traits In Hispanics, Aaron T. Gomez, Gladys E. Maestre, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Vincent P. Diego, Nicholas B. Blackburn, Juan B. Yepez, Michele Petitto, Felipe A. Murati, Rosa V. Pirela, Carlos A. Chavez, Winston Lee, Lama A. Al-Aswad, Rando Allikmets, C. Gustavo De Moraes, Matthew P. Johnson, Joseph D. Terwilliger, Joseph H. Lee, John Blangero
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Purpose: The burden of glaucoma disease among Hispanics is significantly higher than in their white counterparts. It remains unclear to what extent these differences are determined by genetic factors in Hispanics. We therefore examined a highly inbred family population-based cohort in Venezuela to estimate the proportion of genetic contribution of ocular traits relevant to glaucoma disease.
Methods: A subset of 67 participants ≥40y from the Maracaibo Aging Study (MAS) with family pedigree were randomly included. The papillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular thickness were measured with Spectralis Domain-OCT. Heritability analyses (h2, expressed as %) …