PURPOSE: To describe the heritability and sibling risk for angle closure. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. PARTICIPANTS: Probands with primary angle closure (PAC) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and their first-degree relatives. METHODS: One hundred probands with PAC and PACG and their first-degree relatives were examined prospectively. All subjects underwent an ophthalmic evaluation that included slit-lamp examination, optic disc evaluation, and gonioscopy. An angle was classified as narrow if the posterior (usually pigmented) trabecular meshwork could be seen for less than 180° of the angle circumference. The heritability of narrow angles was calculated by threshold models. The sibling recurrence and relative risk of having narrow angles compared with the general population was calculated using estimation of sibling genetic risk parameters, corrected for single ascertainment bias. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Heritability and sibling risk for narrow angles. RESULTS: One hundred probands (consisting of 76 subjects with PACG and 24 with PAC) were examined together with 327 first-degree relatives. There were 76 female probands and 24 male probands. Of the first-degree relatives, 146 were male and 181 were female. Of the 327 first-degree relatives, 105 (32.1%) had narrow angles. The heritability of narrow angles was 58.8% overall, with the genetic variance being 2.30 and the phenotypic variance being 3.91. Of the 515 sibling pairs examined, 171 (33.1%) pairs had both siblings unaffected, 113 (21.9%) pairs had both siblings affected, 231 (45.0%) pairs had 1 sibling affected. The sibling recurrence risk for having narrow angles was 49% (95% confidence interval, 41.6%-56.8%), whereas the sibling relative risk for narrow angles was 7.57 (95% confidence interval, 6.41-8.74). CONCLUSIONS: A high heritability of narrow angles of almost 60% was found. Siblings of Chinese patients with PAC or PACG have almost a 50% probability of having narrow angles and are more than 7 times more likely to have narrow angles than the general population.
PURPOSE: To describe the heritability and sibling risk for angle closure. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. PARTICIPANTS: Probands with primary angle closure (PAC) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and their first-degree relatives. METHODS: One hundred probands with PAC and PACG and their first-degree relatives were examined prospectively. All subjects underwent an ophthalmic evaluation that included slit-lamp examination, optic disc evaluation, and gonioscopy. An angle was classified as narrow if the posterior (usually pigmented) trabecular meshwork could be seen for less than 180° of the angle circumference. The heritability of narrow angles was calculated by threshold models. The sibling recurrence and relative risk of having narrow angles compared with the general population was calculated using estimation of sibling genetic risk parameters, corrected for single ascertainment bias. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Heritability and sibling risk for narrow angles. RESULTS: One hundred probands (consisting of 76 subjects with PACG and 24 with PAC) were examined together with 327 first-degree relatives. There were 76 female probands and 24 male probands. Of the first-degree relatives, 146 were male and 181 were female. Of the 327 first-degree relatives, 105 (32.1%) had narrow angles. The heritability of narrow angles was 58.8% overall, with the genetic variance being 2.30 and the phenotypic variance being 3.91. Of the 515 sibling pairs examined, 171 (33.1%) pairs had both siblings unaffected, 113 (21.9%) pairs had both siblings affected, 231 (45.0%) pairs had 1 sibling affected. The sibling recurrence risk for having narrow angles was 49% (95% confidence interval, 41.6%-56.8%), whereas the sibling relative risk for narrow angles was 7.57 (95% confidence interval, 6.41-8.74). CONCLUSIONS: A high heritability of narrow angles of almost 60% was found. Siblings of Chinese patients with PAC or PACG have almost a 50% probability of having narrow angles and are more than 7 times more likely to have narrow angles than the general population.
Authors: Lisa Hark; Michael Waisbourd; Jonathan S Myers; Jeffrey Henderer; John E Crews; Jinan B Saaddine; Jeanne Molineaux; Deiana Johnson; Harjeet Sembhi; Shayla Stratford; Ayman Suleiman; Laura Pizzi; George L Spaeth; L Jay Katz Journal: Ophthalmic Epidemiol Date: 2016-03-07 Impact factor: 1.648
Authors: Eranga N Vithana; Chiea-Chuen Khor; Chunyan Qiao; Ningli Wang; Tin Aung; Monisha E Nongpiur; Ronnie George; Li-Jia Chen; Tan Do; Khaled Abu-Amero; Chor Kai Huang; Sancy Low; Liza-Sharmini A Tajudin; Shamira A Perera; Ching-Yu Cheng; Liang Xu; Hongyan Jia; Ching-Lin Ho; Kar Seng Sim; Ren-Yi Wu; Clement C Y Tham; Paul T K Chew; Daniel H Su; Francis T Oen; Sripriya Sarangapani; Nagaswamy Soumittra; Essam A Osman; Hon-Tym Wong; Guangxian Tang; Sujie Fan; Hailin Meng; Dao T L Huong; Hua Wang; Bo Feng; Mani Baskaran; Balekudaru Shantha; Vedam L Ramprasad; Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel; Sudha K Iyengar; Alicia C How; Kelvin Y Lee; Theru A Sivakumaran; Victor H K Yong; Serena M L Ting; Yang Li; Ya-Xing Wang; Wan-Ting Tay; Xueling Sim; Raghavan Lavanya; Belinda K Cornes; Ying-Feng Zheng; Tina T Wong; Seng-Chee Loon; Vernon K Y Yong; Naushin Waseem; Azhany Yaakub; Kee-Seng Chia; R Rand Allingham; Michael A Hauser; Dennis S C Lam; Martin L Hibberd; Shomi S Bhattacharya; Mingzhi Zhang; Yik Ying Teo; Donald T Tan; Jost B Jonas; E-Shyong Tai; Seang-Mei Saw; Do Nhu Hon; Saleh A Al-Obeidan; Jianjun Liu; Tran Nguyen Bich Chau; Cameron P Simmons; Jin-Xin Bei; Yi-Xin Zeng; Paul J Foster; Lingam Vijaya; Tien-Yin Wong; Chi-Pui Pang Journal: Nat Genet Date: 2012-08-26 Impact factor: 38.330