Table 1 of Wojciechowski, Mol Vis 2009; 15:1398-1406.

Table 1. Sample characteristics.


Population
Families
n		 Family size
(range)		 Generations
(range)		 Genotyped
(%)		 Male
(%)		 Female
(%)		 Founders
(%)		 Mean age
(range)		 Number
myopic (%)		 MSE
(SD)
Old Order Amish
(OOA)		 53 402 7.58
(3-25)		 2.09
(2-4)		 328
(82)		 182
(45)		 220
(55)		 124
(31)		 36.7
(9-85)		 184
(54.2)		 -1.61
(2.72)
Ashkenazi Jewish
(ASHK)		 68 596 8.76
(4-17)		 2.46
(2-4)		 527
(88)		 308
(52)		 288
(48)		 181
(30)		 40.3
(9-94)		 414
(76.3)		 -3.56
(3.31)
Combined: 121 998 8.25
(3-25)		 2.30
(2-4)		 855
(86)		 490
(49)		 508
(51)		 305
(31)		 38.8
(9-94)		 598
(68.4)		 -2.75
(3.23)

Myopia is defined as a manifest (or cycloplegic) refraction ≤-1 D in all four principal meridians. The proportion of myopic individuals (%) estimate excluded unknown phenotypes from the denominator. MSE=Mean Spherical Equivalent refractive error.

Wojciechowski, Mol Vis 2009; 15:1398-1406. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v15/a148

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