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Heritabilities of intraocular pressure in the population of Korea: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2009.
JAMA ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2014
Kim Na Rae, Park Hyun Ju, Suh Young Ju, Chin Hee Seung, Kim Chan Yun
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the principal modifiable risk factor for the progression of primary open-angle glaucoma. Studies that have measured the IOP directly in large numbers of matched parent-offspring pairs are limited in Asian populations. OBJECTIVE: To compare IOPs in parents and their offspring in Korea. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Family-based cohort study examining data from the...
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