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Abstract #92098 Published in IGR 22-1

The GGLEAM Study: Understanding Glaucoma in the Ohio Amish

Waksmunski AR; Song YE; Kinzy TG; Laux RA; Sewell J; Fuzzell D; Fuzzell S; Miller S; Wiggs JL; Pasquale LR; Skarie JM; Haines JL; Cooke Bailey JN
International journal of environmental research and public health 2021; 18:


Glaucoma leads to millions of cases of visual impairment and blindness around the world. Its susceptibility is shaped by both environmental and genetic risk factors. Although over 120 risk loci have been identified for glaucoma, a large portion of its heritability is still unexplained. Here we describe the foundation of the Genetics of GLaucoma Evaluation in the AMish (GGLEAM) study to investigate the genetic architecture of glaucoma in the Ohio Amish, which exhibits lower genetic and environmental heterogeneity compared to the general population. To date, we have enrolled 81 Amish individuals in our study from Holmes County, Ohio. As a part of our enrollment process, 62 GGLEAM study participants (42 glaucoma-affected and 20 unaffected individuals) received comprehensive eye examinations and glaucoma evaluations. Using the data from the Anabaptist Genealogy Database, we found that 80 of the GGLEAM study participants were related to one another through a large, multigenerational pedigree containing 1586 people. We plan to integrate the health and kinship data obtained for the GGLEAM study to interrogate glaucoma genetics and pathophysiology in this unique population.

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1.2 Population genetics (Part of: 1 General aspects)
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)



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