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SUBMITTER: Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES)
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3904806 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Human molecular genetics 20130707 22
To discover quantitative trait loci for intraocular pressure, a major risk factor for glaucoma and the only modifiable one, we performed a genome-wide association study on a discovery cohort of 2175 individuals from Sydney, Australia. We found a novel association between intraocular pressure and a common variant at 7p21 near to GLCCI1 and ICA1. The findings in this region were confirmed through two UK replication cohorts totalling 4866 individuals (rs59072263, P(combined) = 1.10 × 10(-8)). A cop ...[more]