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Did you know? 8% of men and 0.5% of women have some form of colour blindness. The red-green variant is by far the most common. It sits on the X chromosome, which is why men (one X) have a much higher risk than women (two X chromosomes).

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8% of men and 0.5% of women have some form of colour blindness. The red-green variant is by far the most common. It sits on the X chromosome, which is why men (one X) have a much higher risk than women (two X chromosomes).

8% van mannen en 0,5% van vrouwen heeft een vorm van kleurenblindheid. De rood-groen-variant is verreweg de meest voorkomende. Het zit op het X-chromosoom, daarom hebben mannen (één X) een veel hoger risico dan vrouwen (twee X-chromosomen).

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