Education influences the association between genetic variants and refractive error: A meta-analysis of five Singapore studies

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 546-554

  Fan, Qiao ^a   Wojciechowski, Robert ^b,c   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,d,e,f,g   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,d   Chen, Peng ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Pan, Chen Wei ^a,d   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^a,f,h   Tai, E Shyong ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,d   Teo, Yik Ying ^a,h   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d,g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^h GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GJD2 GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALAY (PEOPLE); MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHISA6 DNAH9 GENE; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ZMAT4 SFRP1 GENE;

AXONEMAL DYNEINS; CONNEXINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84894181679     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt431     Document Type: Article

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