Table 1 Characteristics of GERA subjects included in the current study by sex, and ethnic group.

From: A multiethnic genome-wide analysis of 44,039 individuals identifies 41 new loci associated with central corneal thickness

 

CCT sample

POAG

Keratoconus

N

Mean CCT (od,os) (µm)

Mean ± SD

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

N

 

18,129

546.2 ± 34.9

4986

58,426

207

97,375

Age at specimen (years)

Mean ± SD

68.5 ± 10.0

−

59.7 ± 13.7

62.7 ± 13.7

59.7 ± 13.7

62.7 ± 13.7

Sex

Female

10,655

545.7 ± 34.2

2689

35,193

112

57,525

Male

7474

547.0 ± 35.8

2297

23,233

95

39,850

Ethnicity

NHW

14,489

547.8 ± 34.7

3836

48,065

157

78,426

H/L

1367

541.3 ± 34.8

411

4778

29

8461

EAS

1516

543.4 ± 33.9

441

4034

8

7345

AA

757

530.6 ± 35.5

298

1549

13

3143

  1. N number of participants, SD standard deviation, od right eye, os left eye, NHW non-Hispanic whites, H/L Hispanic/Latinos, EAS East Asians, AA African-Americans, POAG primary open-angle glaucoma.
Back to article page