Pasquale LR

ORCID: 0000-0002-5835-3496 · 3 papers in corpus
other 2018
Analysis combining correlated glaucoma traits identifies five new risk loci for open-angle glaucoma
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20435-9

Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is a major cause of blindness worldwide. To identify new risk loci for OAG, we performed a genome-wide association study in 3,071 OAG cases and 6,750 unscreened controls, and meta-analysed the results with GWAS dat…

observational 2016
Oral Contraceptive Use and Prevalence of Self-Reported Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension in the United States
Ophthalmology ·doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.11.029

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and glaucoma prevalence in the United States. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3406 female participants, aged 40 years or older, from the 2…

other 2014
Common variants near ABCA1, AFAP1 and GMDS confer risk of primary open-angle glaucoma
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.3079

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. We performed a genome-wide association study in an Australian discovery cohort comprising 1,155 cases with advanced POAG and 1,992 controls. We investi…