If you have PMR or GCA, what colour are your eyes? - PMRGCAuk

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If you have PMR or GCA, what colour are your eyes?

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PolywotsitPMRGCAuk team member

Yes, we know it sounds like a stupid question. But PMR and GCA affect more people of Caucasian heritage than any other ethnic group. And did you know that there are 'hot spots' of PMR and GCA in Scandinavia and the American Midwest, where many Scandinavian people settled? Are blue-eyed people more likely to be susceptible to PMR and GCA? So asking what colour your eyes are is not such a stupid question!

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PolywotsitPMRGCAuk team member

Well, 34 people have contributed to this poll, of whom 27% have blue or grey eyes. Now, the best estimate we can get it that something between 20 and 40% of the UK population has blue eyes. So on the basis of this poll we could say that any idea that blue-eyed people are more likely to get PMR or GCA than people with other eye colours is a load of garbage! If you haven't yet voted, please do!

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