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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2012 Jan;31(1):26–35. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821c9b8f

Table 4.

Sibling correlations and estimates of narrow-sense heritability

Trait Correlation
Heritability
p* n
Estimate SE Estimate SE
FECD (binary) 0.152 0.052 0.304 0.105 0.0043 447
FECD score, worse eye 0.184 0.049 0.368 0.097 0.0002 625
FECD score, OD 0.191 0.050 0.381 0.099 0.0002 595
FECD score, OS 0.196 0.049 0.392 0.099 0.0001 604
Corneal Thickness, overall 0.233 0.068 0.466 0.136 0.0010 358
Corneal Thickness, OD 0.153 0.071 0.305 0.144 0.034 287
Corneal Thickness, OS 0.286 0.076 0.572 0.152 0.0004 305
*

p, two-tailed p value for test of H0: correlation = 0;

n, number of sibling pairs contributing to the calculation:

Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy