Education interacts with genetic variants near GJD2, RBFOX1, LAMA2, KCNQ5 and LRRC4C to confer susceptibility to myopia.

Myopia most often develops during school age, with the highest incidence in countries with intensive education systems. Interactions between genetic variants and educational exposure are hypothesized to confer susceptibility to myopia, but few such interactions have been identified. Here, we aimed t...

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Main Authors: Rosie Clark, Alfred Pozarickij, Pirro G Hysi, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Cathy Williams, Jeremy A Guggenheim, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010478