UK BioBank Eye and Vision Consortium (External organisation)

Yates, M. (Member)

Activity: Membership › External research organisation

Description

We are a group of scientists and clinicians with an interest in eyes, vision and diseases which affect sight. We represent leading UK Universities and Hospitals. The consortium management is based at Moorfields Eye Hospital and The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London.

Period	2012
Held at	UK BioBank Eye and Vision Consortium, United Kingdom

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117,649 people took part in the eye and vision component of UK Biobank, undergoing modified logMAR visual acuity testing on a computerized system developed specifically for UK Biobank, autorefraction and keratometry (Tomey RC-5000), as well as measurement of intraocular pressure on a Reichert ORA Ocular Response Analyser, which returns measures of Goldmannequivalent intraocular pressure (IOP), corneal hysteresis, corneal resistance factor and IOP adjusted for corneal biomechanical properties. A smaller number (68,151) underwent simultaneous colour retinal photography, together with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in both eyes. These features, together with accompanying extensive phenotyping of all major organ systems, make the UK Biobank eye and vision dataset unique worldwide.

UK BioBank Eye and Vision Consortium (External organisation)

Description

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Research output

Retinal vasculometric characteristics and their associations with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis in a prospective cohort: EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Multi-trait genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with optic disc parameters

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error

Associations with photoreceptor thickness measures in the UK Biobank