Socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with glaucoma in an African Ancestry Population: findings from the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) study
Socioeconomic status did not significantly protect against POAG in African ancestry individuals. Individual factors were more influential, suggesting neighbourhood and socioeconomic factors may have a lesser impact than previously hypothesised.
Authors
- Rebecca Salowe
- Anusha Mamidipaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2725-0133)
- Isabel Di Rosa
- Yineng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-4525)
- Gui‐Shuang Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5752-1355)
- Roy Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7602-3979)
- Joan M. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4109-2928)
- Yan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5804-8926)
- Amy Shi
Institutions
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eye
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03470-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.15
Funders
- F. M. Kirby Foundation
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- University of Pennsylvania
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- James N. Kirby Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania