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1. Challenges in studying the interplay of genes and environment. A study of childhood financial distress moderating genetic predisposition for peak smoking

Author: Bierut, Laura, Biroli, Pietro, Galama, Titus J., Thom, Kevin, Bierut, Laura, Biroli, Pietro, Galama, Titus J., and Thom, Kevin
Abstract: Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable disease and death in the U.S., and it is strongly influenced both by genetic predisposition and childhood adversity. Using polygenic indices (PGIs) of predisposition to smoking, we evaluate whether childhood financial distress (CFD; a composite measure of financial adversity) moderates genetic risk in explaining peak-cigarette consumption in adulthood. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we find a substantial reduction in the relationship between genetic risk and peak smoking for those who did not suffer financial adversity in childhood. Among adult smokers who grew up in high-CFD households, a one standard deviation higher PGI is associated with 2.9 more cigarettes smoked per day at peak. By contrast, among smokers who grew up in low-CFD households, this gradient is reduced by 37 percent (or 1.1 fewer). These results are robust to controlling for a host of prime confounders. By contrast, we find no evidence of interactions between the PGI and typical measures of childhood SES such as parental education - a null result that we replicate in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). This suggests the role of childhood financial distress in the relationship with peak smoking is distinct from that of low childhood SES, with high CFD potentially reflecting more acute distress than do measures of low childhood SES. Our evidence also suggests low childhood SES is a weaker proxy for acute distress, providing an alternative explanation for the childhood SES null result.
Published: 2023
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2. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

Author: Linner, Richard Karlsson, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Mael, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal N., Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Vlaming, Ronald, Zund, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia-Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M., Meddens, Gerardus A., Muntane, Gerard, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, van Rooij, Frank J., Taskesen, Erdogan, Wu, Yang, Zhang, Futao, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Northover, Carrie A. M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F., Shringarpure, Suyash, Tian, Chao, Tung, Joyce Y., Vacic, Vladimir, Wilson, Catherine H., Agbessi, Mawusse, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Bonder, Marc Jan, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark, Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tonu, Fave, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Gregory, Heijmans, Bastiaan, Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kahonen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Kasela, Silva, Kettunen, Johannes, Kim, Yungil, Kirsten, Holger, Kovacs, Peter, Krohn, Knut, Kronberg-Guzman, Jaanika, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lee, Bernett, Lehtimaki, Terho, Loeffler, Markus, Marigorta, Urko M., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nauck, Matthias, Penninx, Brenda, Perola, Markus, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pierce, Brandon, Powell, Joseph, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli, Ring, Susan, Ripatti, Samuli, Rotzchke, Olaf, Rueger, Sina, Saha, Ashis, Scholz, Markus, Schramm, Katharina, Seppala, Ilkka, Stumvoll, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, Hoen, Peter-Bramt, Teumer, Alexander, Thiery, Joachim, Tong, Lin, Tonjes, Anke, van Dongen, Jenny, van Meurs, Joyce, Verlouw, Joost, Visscher, Peter M., Voelker, Uwe, Vosa, Urmo, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yang, Jian, Zeng, Biao, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., de Leeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Boerge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldorsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Jarvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Mael P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Magi, Reedik, Maki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Raikkonen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Voelzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Borecki, Ingrid B., Bultmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Joergen, Gratten, Jacob, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A., Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hypponen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jockel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., McGue, Matt, Pendleton, Neil, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Auton, Adam, Boardman, Jason D., Clark, David W., Conlin, Andrew, Dolan, Conor C., Fischbacher, Urs, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hasler, Gregor, Hofman, Albert, Ikram, Mohammad A., Jain, Sonia, Karlsson, Robert, Kessler, Ronald C., Kooyman, Maarten, MacKillop, James, Mannikko, Minna, Morcillo-Suarez, Carlos, McQueen, Matthew B., Schmidt, Klaus M., Smart, Melissa C., Sutter, Matthias, White, Jon, de Wit, Harriet, Fehr, Ernst, Kumari, Meena, Laibson, David, Meyer, Michelle N., Navarro, Arcadi, Palmer, Abraham A., Schunk, Daniel, Stein, Murray B., Svento, Rauli, Timmers, Paul R. H. J., Ursano, Robert J., Wagner, Gert G., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Linner, Richard Karlsson, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Mael, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal N., Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Vlaming, Ronald, Zund, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia-Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M., Meddens, Gerardus A., Muntane, Gerard, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, van Rooij, Frank J., Taskesen, Erdogan, Wu, Yang, Zhang, Futao, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Northover, Carrie A. M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F., Shringarpure, Suyash, Tian, Chao, Tung, Joyce Y., Vacic, Vladimir, Wilson, Catherine H., Agbessi, Mawusse, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Bonder, Marc Jan, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark, Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tonu, Fave, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Gregory, Heijmans, Bastiaan, Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kahonen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Kasela, Silva, Kettunen, Johannes, Kim, Yungil, Kirsten, Holger, Kovacs, Peter, Krohn, Knut, Kronberg-Guzman, Jaanika, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lee, Bernett, Lehtimaki, Terho, Loeffler, Markus, Marigorta, Urko M., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nauck, Matthias, Penninx, Brenda, Perola, Markus, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pierce, Brandon, Powell, Joseph, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli, Ring, Susan, Ripatti, Samuli, Rotzchke, Olaf, Rueger, Sina, Saha, Ashis, Scholz, Markus, Schramm, Katharina, Seppala, Ilkka, Stumvoll, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, Hoen, Peter-Bramt, Teumer, Alexander, Thiery, Joachim, Tong, Lin, Tonjes, Anke, van Dongen, Jenny, van Meurs, Joyce, Verlouw, Joost, Visscher, Peter M., Voelker, Uwe, Vosa, Urmo, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yang, Jian, Zeng, Biao, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., de Leeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Boerge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldorsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Jarvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Mael P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Magi, Reedik, Maki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Raikkonen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Voelzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Borecki, Ingrid B., Bultmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Joergen, Gratten, Jacob, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A., Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hypponen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jockel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., McGue, Matt, Pendleton, Neil, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Auton, Adam, Boardman, Jason D., Clark, David W., Conlin, Andrew, Dolan, Conor C., Fischbacher, Urs, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hasler, Gregor, Hofman, Albert, Ikram, Mohammad A., Jain, Sonia, Karlsson, Robert, Kessler, Ronald C., Kooyman, Maarten, MacKillop, James, Mannikko, Minna, Morcillo-Suarez, Carlos, McQueen, Matthew B., Schmidt, Klaus M., Smart, Melissa C., Sutter, Matthias, White, Jon, de Wit, Harriet, Fehr, Ernst, Kumari, Meena, Laibson, David, Meyer, Michelle N., Navarro, Arcadi, Palmer, Abraham A., Schunk, Daniel, Stein, Murray B., Svento, Rauli, Timmers, Paul R. H. J., Ursano, Robert J., Wagner, Gert G., and Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
Abstract: Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1 million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk tolerance, adventurousness, and risky behaviors in the driving, drinking, smoking, and sexual domains. Across all GWAS, we identified hundreds of associated loci, including 99 loci associated with general risk tolerance. We report evidence of substantial shared genetic influences across risk tolerance and the risky behaviors: 46 of the 99 general risk tolerance loci contain a lead SNP for at least one of our other GWAS, and general risk tolerance is genetically correlated (vertical bar(r) over cap (g)vertical bar similar to 0.25 to 0.50) with a range of risky behaviors. Bioinformatics analyses imply that genes near SNPs associated with general risk tolerance are highly expressed in brain tissues and point to a role for glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. We found no evidence of enrichment for genes previously hypothesized to relate to risk tolerance.
Published: 2019

3. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

Author: Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Maël, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vlaming, Ronald de, Zünd, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M., Meddens, Gerardus A., Muntané, Gerard, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Rooij, Frank J.van, Taskesen, Erdogan, Wu, Yang, Zhang, Futao, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Northover, Carrie A.M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F., Shringarpure, Suyash, Tian, Chao, Tung, Joyce Y., Vacic, Vladimir, Wilson, Catherine H., Agbessi, Mawussé, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Jan Bonder, Marc, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark, Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tõnu, Favé, Marie Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Gregory, Heijmans, Bastiaan, Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kähönen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Kasela, Silva, Kettunen, Johannes, Kim, Yungil, Kirsten, Holger, Kovacs, Peter, Krohn, Knut, Kronberg-Guzman, Jaanika, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lee, Bernett, Lehtimäki, Terho, Loeffler, Markus, Marigorta, Urko M., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nauck, Matthias, Penninx, Brenda, Perola, Markus, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pierce, Brandon, Powell, Joseph, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli, Ring, Susan, Ripatti, Samuli, Rotzchke, Olaf, Rüeger, Sina, Saha, Ashis, Scholz, Markus, Schramm, Katharina, Seppälä, Ilkka, Stumvoll, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, Hoen, Peter Bram t., Teumer, Alexander, Thiery, Joachim, Tong, Lin, Tönjes, Anke, Dongen, Jenny van, Meurs, Joyce van, Verlouw, Joost, Visscher, Peter M., Völker, Uwe, Võsa, Urmo, Westra, Harm Jan, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yang, Jian, Zeng, Biao, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J.van der, de Leeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., Most, Peter J.van der, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., Pourcain, Beate St, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A.L.M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C.M., Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, McMahon, George, Nyholt, Dale R., Smith, Jennifer A., Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Clark, David W., other, and, Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Maël, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vlaming, Ronald de, Zünd, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M., Meddens, Gerardus A., Muntané, Gerard, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Rooij, Frank J.van, Taskesen, Erdogan, Wu, Yang, Zhang, Futao, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Northover, Carrie A.M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. 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Abstract: Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1 million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk tolerance, adventurousness, and risky behaviors in the driving, drinking, smoking, and sexual domains. Across all GWAS, we identified hundreds of associated loci, including 99 loci associated with general risk tolerance. We report evidence of substantial shared genetic influences across risk tolerance and the risky behaviors: 46 of the 99 general risk tolerance loci contain a lead SNP for at least one of our other GWAS, and general risk tolerance is genetically correlated (∣r̂ g∣ ~ 0.25 to 0.50) with a range of risky behaviors. Bioinformatics analyses imply that genes near SNPs associated with general risk tolerance are highly expressed in brain tissues and point to a role for glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. We found no evidence of enrichment for genes previously hypothesized to relate to risk tolerance.
Published: 2019

4. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

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E., Voelzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Borecki, Ingrid B., Bultmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Joergen, Gratten, Jacob, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A., Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hypponen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jockel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., McGue, Matt, Pendleton, Neil, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Auton, Adam, Boardman, Jason D., Clark, David W., Conlin, Andrew, Dolan, Conor C., Fischbacher, Urs, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hasler, Gregor, Hofman, Albert, Ikram, Mohammad A., Jain, Sonia, Karlsson, Robert, Kessler, Ronald C., Kooyman, Maarten, MacKillop, James, Mannikko, Minna, Morcillo-Suarez, Carlos, McQueen, Matthew B., Schmidt, Klaus M., Smart, Melissa C., Sutter, Matthias, White, Jon, de Wit, Harriet, Fehr, Ernst, Kumari, Meena, Laibson, David, Meyer, Michelle N., Navarro, Arcadi, Palmer, Abraham A., Schunk, Daniel, Stein, Murray B., Svento, Rauli, Timmers, Paul R. H. J., Ursano, Robert J., Wagner, Gert G., and Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
Abstract: Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1 million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk tolerance, adventurousness, and risky behaviors in the driving, drinking, smoking, and sexual domains. Across all GWAS, we identified hundreds of associated loci, including 99 loci associated with general risk tolerance. We report evidence of substantial shared genetic influences across risk tolerance and the risky behaviors: 46 of the 99 general risk tolerance loci contain a lead SNP for at least one of our other GWAS, and general risk tolerance is genetically correlated (vertical bar(r) over cap (g)vertical bar similar to 0.25 to 0.50) with a range of risky behaviors. Bioinformatics analyses imply that genes near SNPs associated with general risk tolerance are highly expressed in brain tissues and point to a role for glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. We found no evidence of enrichment for genes previously hypothesized to relate to risk tolerance.
Published: 2019

5. Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

Author: Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loic, Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Joshi, Peter K., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Magi, Reedik, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Wu, Yang, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Campbell, Harry, Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hayward, Caroline, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian'an, Malhotra, Anil K., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Porteous, David J., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Smith, Blair H., Tung, Joyce Y., Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James F., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Conley, Dalton C., Esko, Tonu, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oskarsson, Sven, Pers, Tune H., Robinson, Matthew R., Thom, Kevin, Watson, Chelsea, Chabris, Christopher F., Meyer, Michelle N., Laibson, David I., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Turley, Patrick, Visscher, Peter M., Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David, Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loic, Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Joshi, Peter K., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Magi, Reedik, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Wu, Yang, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Campbell, Harry, Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hayward, Caroline, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian'an, Malhotra, Anil K., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Porteous, David J., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Smith, Blair H., Tung, Joyce Y., Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James F., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Conley, Dalton C., Esko, Tonu, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oskarsson, Sven, Pers, Tune H., Robinson, Matthew R., Thom, Kevin, Watson, Chelsea, Chabris, Christopher F., Meyer, Michelle N., Laibson, David I., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Turley, Patrick, Visscher, Peter M., Benjamin, Daniel J., and Cesarini, David
Abstract: Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs. For the SNPs taken together, we found evidence of heterogeneous effects across environments. The SNPs implicate genes involved in brain-development processes and neuron-to-neuron communication. In a separate analysis of the X chromosome, we identify 10 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs and estimate a SNP heritability of around 0.3% in both men and women, consistent with partial dosage compensation. A joint (multi-phenotype) analysis of educational attainment and three related cognitive phenotypes generates polygenic scores that explain 11-13% of the variance in educational attainment and 7-10% of the variance in cognitive performance. This prediction accuracy substantially increases the utility of polygenic scores as tools in research.
Published: 2018
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6. Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

Author: Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loic, Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Joshi, Peter K., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Magi, Reedik, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Wu, Yang, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Campbell, Harry, Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hayward, Caroline, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian'an, Malhotra, Anil K., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Porteous, David J., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Smith, Blair H., Tung, Joyce Y., Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James F., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Conley, Dalton C., Esko, Tonu, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oskarsson, Sven, Pers, Tune H., Robinson, Matthew R., Thom, Kevin, Watson, Chelsea, Chabris, Christopher F., Meyer, Michelle N., Laibson, David I., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Turley, Patrick, Visscher, Peter M., Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Linner, Richard Karlsson, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loic, Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Joshi, Peter K., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Magi, Reedik, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Wu, Yang, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Campbell, Harry, Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hayward, Caroline, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian'an, Malhotra, Anil K., Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Porteous, David J., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Smith, Blair H., Tung, Joyce Y., Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James F., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Conley, Dalton C., Esko, Tonu, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oskarsson, Sven, Pers, Tune H., Robinson, Matthew R., Thom, Kevin, Watson, Chelsea, Chabris, Christopher F., Meyer, Michelle N., Laibson, David I., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Koellinger, Philipp D., Turley, Patrick, Visscher, Peter M., Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David, and Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.
Published: 2018

7. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., de Leeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Brge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldorsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Joshi, Peter K., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kahonen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Jarvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Mael P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Magi, Reedik, Maki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A., McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Raikkonen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank J. A., Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Volker, Uwe, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I., Borecki, Ingrid B., Bultmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A., Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppnen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jockel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y., Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Meyer, Michelle N., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M., Esko, Tonu, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., de Leeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Brge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldorsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Joshi, Peter K., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kahonen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Jarvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Mael P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Magi, Reedik, Maki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A., McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Raikkonen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank J. A., Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Volker, Uwe, Volzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I., Borecki, Ingrid B., Bultmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jorgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A., Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppnen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jockel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehtimaki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sorensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y., Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Meyer, Michelle N., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M., Esko, Tonu, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, and Benjamin, Daniel J.
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals(1). Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample(1,2) of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016
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8. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment.

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Okbay, Aysu, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, and Horan, Michael A
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016

9. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J van der, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L, Joshi, Peter K, Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A, Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T, Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J, Lebreton, Maël P, Levinson, Douglas F, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David CM, Cohort Study, LifeLines, Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A, Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P, Nyholt, Dale R, Ollier, William ER, Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L, Petrovic, Katja E, Porteous, David J, Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M, Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Staessen, Jan A, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D, Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank JA, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna AE, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M, Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B, Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R, Bennett, David A, Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borecki, Ingrid B, Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F, Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George V, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Eriksson, Johan G, Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick JF, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppönen, Elina, Iacono, William G, Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Martin, Nicholas G, McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A, Samani, Nilesh J, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y, Uitterlinden, André G, Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Conley, Dalton C, Krueger, Robert F, Davey Smith, George, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I, Medland, Sarah E, Meyer, Michelle N, Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M, Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D, Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J van der, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L, Joshi, Peter K, Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A, Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T, Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J, Lebreton, Maël P, Levinson, Douglas F, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David CM, Cohort Study, LifeLines, Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A, Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P, Nyholt, Dale R, Ollier, William ER, Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L, Petrovic, Katja E, Porteous, David J, Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M, Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Staessen, Jan A, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D, Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank JA, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna AE, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M, Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B, Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R, Bennett, David A, Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borecki, Ingrid B, Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F, Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George V, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Eriksson, Johan G, Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick JF, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppönen, Elina, Iacono, William G, Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Martin, Nicholas G, McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A, Samani, Nilesh J, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y, Uitterlinden, André G, Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Conley, Dalton C, Krueger, Robert F, Davey Smith, George, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I, Medland, Sarah E, Meyer, Michelle N, Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M, Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D, Cesarini, David, and Benjamin, Daniel J
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals1. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample1,2 of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016

10. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment.

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Okbay, Aysu, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, and Horan, Michael A
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016

11. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J van der, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L, Joshi, Peter K, Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A, Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T, Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J, Lebreton, Maël P, Levinson, Douglas F, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David CM, Cohort Study, LifeLines, Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A, Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P, Nyholt, Dale R, Ollier, William ER, Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L, Petrovic, Katja E, Porteous, David J, Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M, Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Staessen, Jan A, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D, Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank JA, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna AE, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M, Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B, Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R, Bennett, David A, Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borecki, Ingrid B, Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F, Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George V, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Eriksson, Johan G, Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick JF, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppönen, Elina, Iacono, William G, Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Martin, Nicholas G, McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A, Samani, Nilesh J, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y, Uitterlinden, André G, Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Conley, Dalton C, Krueger, Robert F, Davey Smith, George, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I, Medland, Sarah E, Meyer, Michelle N, Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M, Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D, Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, Lee, Sven J van der, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, van der Most, Peter J, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J, Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E, Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V, Poot, Raymond A, St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A, Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P, Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Forstner, Andreas J, Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V, Harris, Tamara B, Heath, Andrew C, Hocking, Lynne J, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L, Joshi, Peter K, Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A, Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus ALM, Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T, Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J, Lebreton, Maël P, Levinson, Douglas F, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David CM, Cohort Study, LifeLines, Loukola, Anu, Madden, Pamela A, Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A, McMahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W, Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P, Nyholt, Dale R, Ollier, William ER, Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L, Petrovic, Katja E, Porteous, David J, Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M, Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Staessen, Jan A, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D, Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank JA, Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna AE, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M, Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B, Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R, Bennett, David A, Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borecki, Ingrid B, Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F, Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George V, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Eriksson, Johan G, Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick JF, Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hinds, David A, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppönen, Elina, Iacono, William G, Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Martin, Nicholas G, McGue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A, Samani, Nilesh J, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y, Uitterlinden, André G, Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Conley, Dalton C, Krueger, Robert F, Davey Smith, George, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I, Medland, Sarah E, Meyer, Michelle N, Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M, Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D, Cesarini, David, and Benjamin, Daniel J
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals1. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample1,2 of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016

12. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Author: Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal Nordgren, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Waage, Johannes, Bisgaard, Hans, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J, Pers, Tune H, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S Fleur W, Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K, Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal Nordgren, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H, Pina Concas, Maria, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Galesloot, Tessel E, Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E, Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P, Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J, deLeeuw, Christiaan, Lind, Penelope A, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Waage, Johannes, Bisgaard, Hans, and Sørensen, Thorkild I A
Abstract: Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Published: 2016

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1. Challenges in studying the interplay of genes and environment. A study of childhood financial distress moderating genetic predisposition for peak smoking

2. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

3. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

4. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

5. Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

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7. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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