Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Myopia

Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Myopia: A Local Population ...

Myopia is of high risk due to familial aggregation. Students with a family history of myopia are more likely to have high myopia than those ...

Heritability of Refractive Error and Familial Aggregation of Myopia in ...

Our results suggest that genetics play a significant role in determining refractive error, with heredity explaining approximately 62% of the variance of ...

Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Myopia: A Local Population ...

The family aggregation of myopia in the myopic student group (34.7%) was significantly higher than that in the nonmyopic group (8.5%). The ...

An overview of myopia genetics - ScienceDirect.com

Myopia is highly heritable and simultaneously affected by environmental factors. 25 myopia loci have been revealed and ethnic variations are observed.

Heritability and Familial Aggregation of Refractive Error in the ... - IOVS

We also found that myopia and hyperopia aggregate within sibships among the OOA. We are the first group to report on the heritability and familial aggregation ...

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Myopia is of high risk due to familial aggregation, and students with a family history of myopia should pay close attention to their eye health to avoid the ...

Heritability of refractive error and familial aggregation of myopia in ...

Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) of myopia, given a myopic sibling relative to having a nonmyopic sibling. RESULTS: The ...

Heritability of refractive error and familial aggregation of myopia in ...

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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Myopia: A Local Population ...

Purpose. To further determine the roles of environmental and genetic factors in the development of myopia, a comprehensive survey was performed.

Heritability of Refractive Error and Familial Aggregation of Myopia in ...

gender was significantly associated with an increased risk of myopia. Conclusions—Refractive error and myopia are highly heritable in this elderly population.

Complex Trait Genetics of Refractive Error - JAMA Network

Multiple familial aggregation studies report a positive correlation between parental myopia and myopia in their children, indicating a hereditary factor in ...

Familial aggregation of myopia in the Tehran eye study - CiteSeerX

Aim: To determine the potential influence of genetic factors on the prevalence of myopia in Tehran. Methods: Of 6497 citizens of Tehran sampled from 160 ...

The Genetics of Myopia | SpringerLink

Myopia is a complex trait, with many genetic variants of small effect influencing retinal signaling, eye growth and the normal process of emmetropization.

Familial aggregation and prevalence of myopia in the Framingham ...

Familial aggregation of myopia in the Tehran eye study: estimation of the sibling and parent–offspring recurrence risk ratios · Heritability of refractive error ...

Genetic and environmental effects on myopia development ... - Nature

Proband and family studies ... Although family patterns of inheritance are well established in familial high myopia, there are also significant ...

Myopia Genetics—The Asia-Pacific Perspective - ScienceDirect.com

This review attempts to summarize and compare the allelic frequencies of gene variants known to be associated with myopia in different ethnic groups, ...

Heritability and Familial Aggregation of Refractive Error in the Old ...

Supporting: 2, Contrasting: 1, Mentioning: 24 - In the OOA, refractive error is highly heritable. Hyperopia and myopia aggregate strongly in OOA families.

The Genetics of Myopia - RePub, Erasmus University Repository

Heritability of refractive error and familial aggregation of myopia in an elderly American population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005;46:1588–92. 7. Young ...

Myopia Genetics and Heredity - MDPI

Myopia is the most common eye condition leading to visual impairment and is greatly influenced by genetics. Over the last two decades, ...

Is Myopia Genetic? - All About Vision

And genetics definitely play a role in whether a child will develop myopia. A child with two nearsighted parents can have a six times greater risk of myopia ...