Eye color was found to be an indicator of whether a person is at high risk of serious skin disease or not. A study led by scientists at University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States indicated that people with blue eyes are less likely to have vitiligo. While people with brown eyes may have lower risk of suffering from melanoma.
Vitiligo is autoimmune skin disease where white-colored spots will appear all over the body. Although like white spot looks like disease, but vitiligo is not disease. Vitiligo is like skin disorders. While melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer.
The study was published online in Nature Genetics journal. In the research, scientist involving nearly 3,000 people non-Hispanic races of European descent with vitiligo. The identification result show that there are 13 new genes that affect the emergence of vitiligo.
