Relationship between glaucoma and admixture in postmenopausal African American women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between African admixture and glaucoma prevalence among African American women.

Design, setting, participants

Participants included 11616 African American women from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) for whom admixture information was available and included 2548 who self-reported a diagnosis of glaucoma.

Main outcome measures

Glaucoma.

Results

Significant association was observed between self-identified glaucoma status and admixture. However, this association was not significant in a model that included neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES), hypertension, diabetes and body mass index (BMI). Self-identified glaucoma status was associated with diabetes that persisted after adjustment for admixture, NSES, hyperte

SUBMITTER: Garcia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4500172 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature