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. 2019 Nov 5;322(17):1682–1691. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.16161

Table. Summary of Case-Control Collections in a Study of the Association of Genetic Variants With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Among Individuals With African Ancestry.

Sample Collectiona rs59892895*C Present, % Sample Size, No.
Individuals With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Control Individuals Without Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Individuals With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Control Individuals Without Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
GWAS Discovery
Ghana 26.9 23.3 833 896
Nigeria 30.4 22.6 554 348
South Africa 31.1 22.9 228 269
United States 26.1 21.7 705 608
Total 2320 2121
First Validation
Women’s Health Initiative 23.1 20.8 1720 6067
Kaiser Permanente GERA 23.3 18.4 300 2700
ADAGES 24.3 21.4 1890 2205
South Africa 13.0 14.4 297 147
Tanzania 30.1 28.3 366 329
United States 23.6 22.6 450 1350
South London 26.6 21.6 378 217
Total 5401 13 015
Second Validation
Cameroon 31.3 29.0 56 57
Nigeria 28.6 26.2 231 61
Nigeria (Kaduna) 29.2 30.2 99 88
Nigeria (African Glaucoma Genetics Project) 32.6 31.0 131 71
Saudi Arabia 5.5 3.1 276 655
Brazil 8.8 4.5 399 460
The Democratic Republic of the Congo 37.7 33.9 124 120
Morocco 6.8 3.5 37 130
Peru 2.0 1.2 51 128
Mali 27.3 23.4 132 132
Total 1536 1902
All validation 6937 14 917
Total samples 9257 17 038

Abbreviations: ADAGES, African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study; GERA, Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging; GWAS, genome-wide association study.

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The study site (country) or name of the study that the sample collection was taken from. More information on the sample collections can be found in the eAppendix in the Supplement.