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Oct 22 2010, 03:45 PM Changes made to lifetime risk estimate

Exfoliation Glaucoma

Glaucoma is the general name for a group of diseases that affect the eye and can damage the eye’s optic nerve resulting in vision loss and blindness.

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This disease has different risk results depending on population or gender. Below you can select the ones you belong to.

Ethnicity:  European ancestry

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Results can vary according to population and/or gender. Results currently based on:

European ancestry

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According to the selected literature, the relative genetic risk calculated from your genotype for males of European ancestry is 0.03. This corresponds to a 0.12% lifetime risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, which is 97% less than for males of European ancestry in general (source) (source 2) . Note that these calculations may not include all risk factors.
The lifetime risk of your type
It is estimated that 12 of every 10000 males of European ancestry with your genotype variants develop this disease in their lifetime.
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The average lifetime risk
On average, about 400 of every 10000 males of European ancestry develop this disease in their lifetime.
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Keep in mind

These are the results of calculations comparing your genetic sequence to sequence of participants in studies published in the world literature on genetic risk for this disease. Read more about how deCODEme calculates risks.

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by the deCODE genetics Diagnostic Laboratory. It has not been cleared or approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).