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1. Genome-wide meta-analysis conducted in three large biobanks expands the genetic landscape of lumbar disc herniations

Author: Ville Salo, Juhani Määttä, Eeva Sliz, FinnGen, Ene Reimann, Reedik Mägi, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Kadri Reis, Abdelrahman G. Elhanas, Anu Reigo, Priit Palta, Tõnu Esko, Jaro Karppinen, and Johannes Kettunen
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract Given that lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a prevalent spinal condition that causes significant individual suffering and societal costs, the genetic basis of LDH has received relatively little research. Our aim is to increase understanding of the genetic factors influencing LDH. We perform a genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) of LDH in the FinnGen project and in Estonian and UK biobanks, followed by a genome-wide meta-analysis to combine the results. In the meta-analysis, we identify 41 loci that have not been associated with LDH in prior studies on top of the 23 known risk loci. We detect LDH-associated loci in the vicinity of genes related to inflammation, disc-related structures, and synaptic transmission. Overall, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of the genetic factors behind LDH, potentially paving the way for the development of new therapeutics, prevention methods, and treatments for symptomatic LDH in the future.
Published: 2024
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2. Mental illness and COVID-19 vaccination: a multinational investigation of observational & register-based data

Author: Mary M. Barker, Kadri Kõiv, Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir, Hannah Milbourn, Bin Wang, Xinkai Du, Gillian Murphy, Eva Herweijer, Elísabet U. Gísladóttir, Huiqi Li, Anikó Lovik, Anna K. Kähler, Archie Campbell, Maria Feychting, Arna Hauksdóttir, Emily E. Joyce, Edda Bjork Thordardottir, Emma M. Frans, Asle Hoffart, Reedik Mägi, Gunnar Tómasson, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir, Ole A. Andreassen, Patrick F. Sullivan, Sverre Urnes Johnson, Thor Aspelund, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Helga Ask, Daniel L. McCartney, Omid V. Ebrahimi, Kelli Lehto, Unnur A. Valdimarsdóttir, Fredrik Nyberg, and Fang Fang
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract Individuals with mental illness are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. However, previous studies on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in this population have reported conflicting results. Using data from seven cohort studies (N = 325,298) included in the multinational COVIDMENT consortium, and the Swedish registers (N = 8,080,234), this study investigates the association between mental illness (defined using self-report measures, clinical diagnosis and prescription data) and COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Results from the COVIDMENT cohort studies were pooled using meta-analyses, the majority of which showed no significant association between mental illness and vaccination uptake. In the Swedish register study population, we observed a very small reduction in the uptake of both the first and second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine among individuals with vs. without mental illness; the reduction was however greater among those not using psychiatric medication. Here we show that uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine is generally high among individuals both with and without mental illness, however the lower levels of vaccination uptake observed among subgroups of individuals with unmedicated mental illness warrants further attention.
Published: 2024
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3. Polygenic risk scores as a marker for epilepsy risk across lifetime and after unspecified seizure events

Author: Henrike O. Heyne, Fanny-Dhelia Pajuste, Julian Wanner, Jennifer I. Daniel Onwuchekwa, Reedik Mägi, Aarno Palotie, FinnGen, Estonian Biobank research team, Reetta Kälviainen, and Mark J. Daly
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract A diagnosis of epilepsy has significant consequences for an individual but is often challenging in clinical practice. Novel biomarkers are thus greatly needed. Here, we investigated how common genetic factors (epilepsy polygenic risk scores, [PRSs]) influence epilepsy risk in detailed longitudinal electronic health records (EHRs) of > 700k Finns and Estonians. We found that a high genetic generalized epilepsy PRS (PRSGGE) increased risk for genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) (hazard ratio [HR] 1.73 per PRSGGE standard deviation [SD]) across lifetime and within 10 years after an unspecified seizure event. The effect of PRSGGE was significantly larger on idiopathic generalized epilepsies, in females and for earlier epilepsy onset. Analogously, we found significant but more modest focal epilepsy PRS burden associated with non-acquired focal epilepsy (NAFE). Here, we outline the potential of epilepsy specific PRSs to serve as biomarkers after a first seizure event.
Published: 2024
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4. A unified framework for estimating country-specific cumulative incidence for 18 diseases stratified by polygenic risk

Author: Bradley Jermy, Kristi Läll, Brooke N. Wolford, Ying Wang, Kristina Zguro, Yipeng Cheng, Masahiro Kanai, Stavroula Kanoni, Zhiyu Yang, Tuomo Hartonen, Remo Monti, Julian Wanner, Omar Youssef, Estonian Biobank research team, FinnGen, Christoph Lippert, David van Heel, Yukinori Okada, Daniel L. McCartney, Caroline Hayward, Riccardo E. Marioni, Simone Furini, Alessandra Renieri, Alicia R. Martin, Benjamin M. Neale, Kristian Hveem, Reedik Mägi, Aarno Palotie, Henrike Heyne, Nina Mars, Andrea Ganna, and Samuli Ripatti
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract Polygenic scores (PGSs) offer the ability to predict genetic risk for complex diseases across the life course; a key benefit over short-term prediction models. To produce risk estimates relevant to clinical and public health decision-making, it is important to account for varying effects due to age and sex. Here, we develop a novel framework to estimate country-, age-, and sex-specific estimates of cumulative incidence stratified by PGS for 18 high-burden diseases. We integrate PGS associations from seven studies in four countries (N = 1,197,129) with disease incidences from the Global Burden of Disease. PGS has a significant sex-specific effect for asthma, hip osteoarthritis, gout, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes (T2D), with all but T2D exhibiting a larger effect in men. PGS has a larger effect in younger individuals for 13 diseases, with effects decreasing linearly with age. We show for breast cancer that, relative to individuals in the bottom 20% of polygenic risk, the top 5% attain an absolute risk for screening eligibility 16.3 years earlier. Our framework increases the generalizability of results from biobank studies and the accuracy of absolute risk estimates by appropriately accounting for age- and sex-specific PGS effects. Our results highlight the potential of PGS as a screening tool which may assist in the early prevention of common diseases.
Published: 2024
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5. Variability of polygenic prediction for body mass index in Africa

Author: Tinashe Chikowore, Kristi Läll, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Zane Lombard, Julia H. Goedecke, Segun Fatumo, Shane A. Norris, Reedik Magi, Michele Ramsay, Paul W. Franks, Guillaume Pare, and Andrew P. Morris
Subjects: BMI, Variability, Polygenic prediction, Polygenic risk score, Medicine, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Abstract Background Polygenic prediction studies in continental Africans are scarce. Africa’s genetic and environmental diversity pose a challenge that limits the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for body mass index (BMI) within the continent. Studies to understand the factors that affect PRS variability within Africa are required. Methods Using the first multi-ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis for BMI involving continental Africans, we derived a multi-ancestry PRS and compared its performance to a European ancestry-specific PRS in continental Africans (AWI-Gen study) and a European cohort (Estonian Biobank). We then evaluated the factors affecting the performance of the PRS in Africans which included fine-mapping resolution, allele frequencies, linkage disequilibrium patterns, and PRS-environment interactions. Results Polygenic prediction of BMI in continental Africans is poor compared to that in European ancestry individuals. However, we show that the multi-ancestry PRS is more predictive than the European ancestry-specific PRS due to its improved fine-mapping resolution. We noted regional variation in polygenic prediction across Africa’s East, South, and West regions, which was driven by a complex interplay of the PRS with environmental factors, such as physical activity, smoking, alcohol intake, and socioeconomic status. Conclusions Our findings highlight the role of gene-environment interactions in PRS prediction variability in Africa. PRS methods that correct for these interactions, coupled with the increased representation of Africans in GWAS, may improve PRS prediction in Africa.
Published: 2024
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6. Genetic determinants of plasma protein levels in the Estonian population

Author: Anette Kalnapenkis, Maarja Jõeloo, Kaido Lepik, Viktorija Kukuškina, Mart Kals, Kaur Alasoo, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Reedik Mägi, Tõnu Esko, and Urmo Võsa
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: Abstract The proteome holds great potential as an intermediate layer between the genome and phenome. Previous protein quantitative trait locus studies have focused mainly on describing the effects of common genetic variations on the proteome. Here, we assessed the impact of the common and rare genetic variations as well as the copy number variants (CNVs) on 326 plasma proteins measured in up to 500 individuals. We identified 184 cis and 94 trans signals for 157 protein traits, which were further fine-mapped to credible sets for 101 cis and 87 trans signals for 151 proteins. Rare genetic variation contributed to the levels of 7 proteins, with 5 cis and 14 trans associations. CNVs were associated with the levels of 11 proteins (7 cis and 5 trans), examples including a 3q12.1 deletion acting as a hub for multiple trans associations; and a CNV overlapping NAIP, a sensor component of the NAIP-NLRC4 inflammasome which is affecting pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 18 levels. In summary, this work presents a comprehensive resource of genetic variation affecting the plasma protein levels and provides the interpretation of identified effects.
Published: 2024
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7. Body mass index stratified meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of polycystic ovary syndrome in women of European ancestry

Author: Kharis Burns, Benjamin H. Mullin, Loes M. E. Moolhuijsen, Triin Laisk, Jaakko S. Tyrmi, Jinrui Cui, Ky’Era V. Actkins, Yvonne V. Louwers, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Lea K. Davis, Frank Dudbridge, Ricardo Azziz, Mark O. Goodarzi, Hannele Laivuori, Reedik Mägi, Jenny A. Visser, Joop S. E. Laven, Scott G. Wilson, FinnGen, International PCOS Consortium, Felix R. Day, and Bronwyn G. A. Stuckey
Subjects: Polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, GWAS, Meta-analysis, Lean, Obese, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Abstract Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex multifactorial disorder with a substantial genetic component. However, the clinical manifestations of PCOS are heterogeneous with notable differences between lean and obese women, implying a different pathophysiology manifesting in differential body mass index (BMI). We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from six well-characterised cohorts, using a case–control study design stratified by BMI, aiming to identify genetic variants associated with lean and overweight/obese PCOS subtypes. Results The study comprised 254,588 women (5,937 cases and 248,651 controls) from individual studies performed in Australia, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands and United States of America, and separated according to three BMI stratifications (lean, overweight and obese). Genome-wide association analyses were performed for each stratification within each cohort, with the data for each BMI group meta-analysed using METAL software. Almost half of the total study population (47%, n = 119,584) were of lean BMI (≤ 25 kg/m2). Two genome-wide significant loci were identified for lean PCOS, led by rs12000707 within DENND1A (P = 1.55 × 10–12) and rs2228260 within XBP1 (P = 3.68 × 10–8). One additional locus, LINC02905, was highlighted as significantly associated with lean PCOS through gene-based analyses (P = 1.76 × 10–6). There were no significant loci observed for the overweight or obese sub-strata when analysed separately, however, when these strata were combined, an association signal led by rs569675099 within DENND1A reached genome-wide significance (P = 3.22 × 10–9) and a gene-based association was identified with ERBB4 (P = 1.59 × 10–6). Nineteen of 28 signals identified in previous GWAS, were replicated with consistent allelic effect in the lean stratum. There were less replicated signals in the overweight and obese groups, and only 4 SNPs were replicated in each of the three BMI strata. Conclusions Genetic variation at the XBP1, LINC02905 and ERBB4 loci were associated with PCOS within unique BMI strata, while DENND1A demonstrated associations across multiple strata, providing evidence of both distinct and shared genetic features between lean and overweight/obese PCOS-affected women. This study demonstrated that PCOS-affected women with contrasting body weight are not only phenotypically distinct but also show variation in genetic architecture; lean PCOS women typically display elevated gonadotrophin ratios, lower insulin resistance, higher androgen levels, including adrenal androgens, and more favourable lipid profiles. Overall, these findings add to the growing body of evidence supporting a genetic basis for PCOS as well as differences in genetic patterns relevant to PCOS BMI-subtype.
Published: 2024
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8. Rare copy-number variants as modulators of common disease susceptibility

Author: Chiara Auwerx, Maarja Jõeloo, Marie C. Sadler, Nicolò Tesio, Sven Ojavee, Charlie J. Clark, Reedik Mägi, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Alexandre Reymond, and Zoltán Kutalik
Subjects: Structural variation, CNV, GWAS, Time-to-event analysis, Common diseases, Pleiotropy, Medicine, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Abstract Background Copy-number variations (CNVs) have been associated with rare and debilitating genomic disorders (GDs) but their impact on health later in life in the general population remains poorly described. Methods Assessing four modes of CNV action, we performed genome-wide association scans (GWASs) between the copy-number of CNV-proxy probes and 60 curated ICD-10 based clinical diagnoses in 331,522 unrelated white British UK Biobank (UKBB) participants with replication in the Estonian Biobank. Results We identified 73 signals involving 40 diseases, all of which indicating that CNVs increased disease risk and caused earlier onset. We estimated that 16% of these associations are indirect, acting by increasing body mass index (BMI). Signals mapped to 45 unique, non-overlapping regions, nine of which being linked to known GDs. Number and identity of genes affected by CNVs modulated their pathogenicity, with many associations being supported by colocalization with both common and rare single-nucleotide variant association signals. Dissection of association signals provided insights into the epidemiology of known gene-disease pairs (e.g., deletions in BRCA1 and LDLR increased risk for ovarian cancer and ischemic heart disease, respectively), clarified dosage mechanisms of action (e.g., both increased and decreased dosage of 17q12 impacted renal health), and identified putative causal genes (e.g., ABCC6 for kidney stones). Characterization of the pleiotropic pathological consequences of recurrent CNVs at 15q13, 16p13.11, 16p12.2, and 22q11.2 in adulthood indicated variable expressivity of these regions and the involvement of multiple genes. Finally, we show that while the total burden of rare CNVs—and especially deletions—strongly associated with disease risk, it only accounted for ~ 0.02% of the UKBB disease burden. These associations are mainly driven by CNVs at known GD CNV regions, whose pleiotropic effect on common diseases was broader than anticipated by our CNV-GWAS. Conclusions Our results shed light on the prominent role of rare CNVs in determining common disease susceptibility within the general population and provide actionable insights for anticipating later-onset comorbidities in carriers of recurrent CNVs.
Published: 2024
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9. HLA allele-calling using multi-ancestry whole-exome sequencing from the UK Biobank identifies 129 novel associations in 11 autoimmune diseases

Author: Guillaume Butler-Laporte, Joseph Farjoun, Tomoko Nakanishi, Tianyuan Lu, Erik Abner, Yiheng Chen, Michael Hultström, Andres Metspalu, Lili Milani, Reedik Mägi, Mari Nelis, Georgi Hudjashov, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Satoshi Yoshiji, Yann Ilboudo, Kevin Y. H. Liang, Chen-Yang Su, Julian D. S. Willet, Tõnu Esko, Sirui Zhou, Vincenzo Forgetta, Daniel Taliun, and J. Brent Richards
Subjects: Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: Abstract The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region on chromosome 6 is strongly associated with many immune-mediated and infection-related diseases. Due to its highly polymorphic nature and complex linkage disequilibrium patterns, traditional genetic association studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms do not perform well in this region. Instead, the field has adopted the assessment of the association of HLA alleles (i.e., entire HLA gene haplotypes) with disease. Often based on genotyping arrays, these association studies impute HLA alleles, decreasing accuracy and thus statistical power for rare alleles and in non-European ancestries. Here, we use whole-exome sequencing (WES) from 454,824 UK Biobank (UKB) participants to directly call HLA alleles using the HLA-HD algorithm. We show this method is more accurate than imputing HLA alleles and harness the improved statistical power to identify 360 associations for 11 auto-immune phenotypes (at least 129 likely novel), leading to better insights into the specific coding polymorphisms that underlie these diseases. We show that HLA alleles with synonymous variants, often overlooked in HLA studies, can significantly influence these phenotypes. Lastly, we show that HLA sequencing may improve polygenic risk scores accuracy across ancestries. These findings allow better characterization of the role of the HLA region in human disease.
Published: 2023
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10. European and multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of atopic dermatitis highlights importance of systemic immune regulation

Author: Ashley Budu-Aggrey, Anna Kilanowski, Maria K. Sobczyk, andMe Research Team, Suyash S. Shringarpure, Ruth Mitchell, Kadri Reis, Anu Reigo, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Reedik Mägi, Mari Nelis, Nao Tanaka, Ben M. Brumpton, Laurent F. Thomas, Pol Sole-Navais, Christopher Flatley, Antonio Espuela-Ortiz, Esther Herrera-Luis, Jesus V. T. Lominchar, Jette Bork-Jensen, Ingo Marenholz, Aleix Arnau-Soler, Ayoung Jeong, Katherine A. Fawcett, Hansjorg Baurecht, Elke Rodriguez, Alexessander Couto Alves, Ashish Kumar, Patrick M. Sleiman, Xiao Chang, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Chen Hu, Cheng-jian Xu, Cancan Qi, Sarah El-Heis, Philip Titcombe, Elie Antoun, João Fadista, Carol A. Wang, Elisabeth Thiering, Baojun Wu, Sara Kress, Dilini M. Kothalawala, Latha Kadalayil, Jiasong Duan, Hongmei Zhang, Sabelo Hadebe, Thomas Hoffmann, Eric Jorgenson, Hélène Choquet, Neil Risch, Pål Njølstad, Ole A. Andreassen, Stefan Johansson, Catarina Almqvist, Tong Gong, Vilhelmina Ullemar, Robert Karlsson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Agnieszka Szwajda, Esteban G. Burchard, Jacob P. Thyssen, Torben Hansen, Line L. Kårhus, Thomas M. Dantoft, Alexander C.S.N. Jeanrenaud, Ahla Ghauri, Andreas Arnold, Georg Homuth, Susanne Lau, Markus M. Nöthen, Norbert Hübner, Medea Imboden, Alessia Visconti, Mario Falchi, Veronique Bataille, Pirro Hysi, Natalia Ballardini, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jouke J. Hottenga, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Jakob Stokholm, Bo Chawes, Ann-Marie M. Schoos, Ana Esplugues, Mariona Bustamante, Benjamin Raby, Syed Arshad, Chris German, Tõnu Esko, Lili A. Milani, Andres Metspalu, Chikashi Terao, Katrina Abuabara, Mari Løset, Kristian Hveem, Bo Jacobsson, Maria Pino-Yanes, David P. Strachan, Niels Grarup, Allan Linneberg, Young-Ae Lee, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Stephan Weidinger, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Erik Melén, Hakon Hakonarson, Alan D. Irvine, Deborah Jarvis, Tamar Nijsten, Liesbeth Duijts, Judith M. Vonk, Gerard H. Koppelmann, Keith M. Godfrey, Sheila J. Barton, Bjarke Feenstra, Craig E. Pennell, Peter D. Sly, Patrick G. Holt, L. Keoki Williams, Hans Bisgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, John Curtin, Angela Simpson, Clare Murray, Tamara Schikowski, Supinda Bunyavanich, Scott T. Weiss, John W. Holloway, Josine L. Min, Sara J. Brown, Marie Standl, and Lavinia Paternoster
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin condition and prior genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 71 associated loci. In the current study we conducted the largest AD GWAS to date (discovery N = 1,086,394, replication N = 3,604,027), combining previously reported cohorts with additional available data. We identified 81 loci (29 novel) in the European-only analysis (which all replicated in a separate European analysis) and 10 additional loci in the multi-ancestry analysis (3 novel). Eight variants from the multi-ancestry analysis replicated in at least one of the populations tested (European, Latino or African), while two may be specific to individuals of Japanese ancestry. AD loci showed enrichment for DNAse I hypersensitivity and eQTL associations in blood. At each locus we prioritised candidate genes by integrating multi-omic data. The implicated genes are predominantly in immune pathways of relevance to atopic inflammation and some offer drug repurposing opportunities.
Published: 2023
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11. Gene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-population genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel lipid loci

Author: Lisa de las Fuentes, Karen L. Schwander, Michael R. Brown, Amy R. Bentley, Thomas W. Winkler, Yun Ju Sung, Patricia B. Munroe, Clint L. Miller, Hugo Aschard, Stella Aslibekyan, Traci M. Bartz, Lawrence F. Bielak, Jin Fang Chai, Ching-Yu Cheng, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Mary F. Feitosa, Xiuqing Guo, Fernando P. Hartwig, Andrea Horimoto, Ivana Kolčić, Elise Lim, Yongmei Liu, Alisa K. Manning, Jonathan Marten, Solomon K. Musani, Raymond Noordam, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Tuomo Rankinen, Melissa A. Richard, Paul M. Ridker, Albert V. Smith, Dina Vojinovic, Alan B. Zonderman, Maris Alver, Mathilde Boissel, Kaare Christensen, Barry I. Freedman, Chuan Gao, Franco Giulianini, Sarah E. Harris, Meian He, Fang-Chi Hsu, Brigitte Kühnel, Federica Laguzzi, Xiaoyin Li, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Ilja M. Nolte, Alaitz Poveda, Rainer Rauramaa, Muhammad Riaz, Antonietta Robino, Tamar Sofer, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Bamidele O. Tayo, Peter J. van der Most, Niek Verweij, Erin B. Ware, Stefan Weiss, Wanqing Wen, Lisa R. Yanek, Yiqiang Zhan, Najaf Amin, Dan E. Arking, Christie Ballantyne, Eric Boerwinkle, Jennifer A. Brody, Ulrich Broeckel, Archie Campbell, Mickaël Canouil, Xiaoran Chai, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Xu Chen, Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala, Maria Pina Concas, Ulf de Faire, Renée de Mutsert, H. Janaka de Silva, Paul S. de Vries, Ahn Do, Jessica D. Faul, Virginia Fisher, James S. Floyd, Terrence Forrester, Yechiel Friedlander, Giorgia Girotto, C. Charles Gu, Göran Hallmans, Sami Heikkinen, Chew-Kiat Heng, Georg Homuth, Steven Hunt, M. Arfan Ikram, David R. Jacobs, Maryam Kavousi, Chiea Chuen Khor, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Woon-Puay Koh, Pirjo Komulainen, Carl D. Langefeld, Jingjing Liang, Kiang Liu, Jianjun Liu, Kurt Lohman, Reedik Mägi, Ani W. Manichaikul, Colin A. McKenzie, Thomas Meitinger, Yuri Milaneschi, Matthias Nauck, Christopher P. Nelson, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Nicholette D. Palmer, Alexandre C. Pereira, Thomas Perls, Annette Peters, Ozren Polašek, Olli T. Raitakari, Kenneth Rice, Treva K. Rice, Stephen S. Rich, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Pamela J. Schreiner, Xiao-Ou Shu, Stephen Sidney, Mario Sims, Jennifer A. Smith, John M. Starr, Konstantin Strauch, E. Shyong Tai, Kent D. Taylor, Michael Y. Tsai, André G. Uitterlinden, Diana van Heemst, Melanie Waldenberger, Ya-Xing Wang, Wen-Bin Wei, Gregory Wilson, Deng Xuan, Jie Yao, Caizheng Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Wei Zhao, Diane M. Becker, Amélie Bonnefond, Donald W. Bowden, Richard S. Cooper, Ian J. Deary, Jasmin Divers, Tõnu Esko, Paul W. Franks, Philippe Froguel, Christian Gieger, Jost B. Jonas, Norihiro Kato, Timo A. Lakka, Karin Leander, Terho Lehtimäki, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Kari E. North, Ioanna Ntalla, Brenda Penninx, Nilesh J. Samani, Harold Snieder, Beatrice Spedicati, Pim van der Harst, Henry Völzke, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, David R. Weir, Mary K. Wojczynski, Tangchun Wu, Wei Zheng, Xiaofeng Zhu, Claude Bouchard, Daniel I. Chasman, Michele K. Evans, Ervin R. Fox, Vilmundur Gudnason, Caroline Hayward, Bernardo L. Horta, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Patricia A. Peyser, Michael M. Province, Bruce M. Psaty, Igor Rudan, Xueling Sim, Blair H. Smith, Rob M. van Dam, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Tien Yin Wong, Donna K. Arnett, Dabeeru C. Rao, James Gauderman, Ching-Ti Liu, Alanna C. Morrison, Jerome I. Rotter, and Myriam Fornage
Subjects: educational attainment, lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides, genome-wide association study, meta-analysis, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Introduction: Educational attainment, widely used in epidemiologic studies as a surrogate for socioeconomic status, is a predictor of cardiovascular health outcomes.Methods: A two-stage genome-wide meta-analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), and triglyceride (TG) levels was performed while accounting for gene-educational attainment interactions in up to 226,315 individuals from five population groups. We considered two educational attainment variables: “Some College” (yes/no, for any education beyond high school) and “Graduated College” (yes/no, for completing a 4-year college degree). Genome-wide significant (p < 5 × 10−8) and suggestive (p < 1 × 10−6) variants were identified in Stage 1 (in up to 108,784 individuals) through genome-wide analysis, and those variants were followed up in Stage 2 studies (in up to 117,531 individuals).Results: In combined analysis of Stages 1 and 2, we identified 18 novel lipid loci (nine for LDL, seven for HDL, and two for TG) by two degree-of-freedom (2 DF) joint tests of main and interaction effects. Four loci showed significant interaction with educational attainment. Two loci were significant only in cross-population analyses. Several loci include genes with known or suggested roles in adipose (FOXP1, MBOAT4, SKP2, STIM1, STX4), brain (BRI3, FILIP1, FOXP1, LINC00290, LMTK2, MBOAT4, MYO6, SENP6, SRGAP3, STIM1, TMEM167A, TMEM30A), and liver (BRI3, FOXP1) biology, highlighting the potential importance of brain-adipose-liver communication in the regulation of lipid metabolism. An investigation of the potential druggability of genes in identified loci resulted in five gene targets shown to interact with drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including genes with roles in adipose and brain tissue.Discussion: Genome-wide interaction analysis of educational attainment identified novel lipid loci not previously detected by analyses limited to main genetic effects.
Published: 2023
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12. Genome-wide screen of otosclerosis in population biobanks: 27 loci and shared associations with skeletal structure

Author: Joel T. Rämö, Tuomo Kiiskinen, Richard Seist, Kristi Krebs, Masahiro Kanai, Juha Karjalainen, Mitja Kurki, Eija Hämäläinen, Paavo Häppölä, Aki S. Havulinna, Heidi Hautakangas, FinnGen, Reedik Mägi, Priit Palta, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Matti Pirinen, Konrad J. Karczewski, Samuli Ripatti, Lili Milani, Konstantina M. Stankovic, Antti Mäkitie, Mark J. Daly, and Aarno Palotie
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Otosclerosis is a common form of hearing loss, with an unclear genetic etiology. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of otosclerosis identifying 27 genetic loci, pointing to genes involved in bone remodeling, skeletal disorders and transforming growth factor β signaling.
Published: 2023
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13. Advancing our understanding of genetic risk factors and potential personalized strategies for pelvic organ prolapse

Author: Natàlia Pujol-Gualdo, Kristi Läll, Maarja Lepamets, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Henna-Riikka Rossi, Riikka K. Arffman, Terhi T. Piltonen, Reedik Mägi, and Triin Laisk
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Although pelvic organ prolapse is a common gynecological condition, the genetic component of disease risk is not well known. Here the authors find common genetic variants associated with the disease and present a polygenic risk score to enhance individual risk prediction.
Published: 2022
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14. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

Author: Thomas W. Winkler, Humaira Rasheed, Alexander Teumer, Mathias Gorski, Bryce X. Rowan, Kira J. Stanzick, Laurent F. Thomas, Adrienne Tin, Anselm Hoppmann, Audrey Y. Chu, Bamidele Tayo, Chris H. L. Thio, Daniele Cusi, Jin-Fang Chai, Karsten B. Sieber, Katrin Horn, Man Li, Markus Scholz, Massimiliano Cocca, Matthias Wuttke, Peter J. van der Most, Qiong Yang, Sahar Ghasemi, Teresa Nutile, Yong Li, Giulia Pontali, Felix Günther, Abbas Dehghan, Adolfo Correa, Afshin Parsa, Agnese Feresin, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Alan B. Zonderman, Albert V. Smith, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Alessandro De Grandi, Alexander R. Rosenkranz, Andre Franke, Andrej Teren, Andres Metspalu, Andrew A. Hicks, Andrew P. Morris, Anke Tönjes, Anna Morgan, Anna I. Podgornaia, Annette Peters, Antje Körner, Anubha Mahajan, Archie Campbell, Barry I. Freedman, Beatrice Spedicati, Belen Ponte, Ben Schöttker, Ben Brumpton, Bernhard Banas, Bernhard K. Krämer, Bettina Jung, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Blair H. Smith, Boting Ning, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Brett R. Vanderwerff, Bruce M. Psaty, Candace M. Kammerer, Carl D. Langefeld, Caroline Hayward, Cassandra N. Spracklen, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Catharina A. Hartman, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Chaolong Wang, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Chew-Kiat Heng, Chiara Lanzani, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Ching-Yu Cheng, Christian Fuchsberger, Christian Gieger, Christian M. Shaffer, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Cristen J. Willer, Daniel I. Chasman, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Daniela Ruggiero, Daniela Toniolo, Darina Czamara, David J. Porteous, Dawn M. Waterworth, Deborah Mascalzoni, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Dermot F. Reilly, E. Warwick Daw, Edith Hofer, Eric Boerwinkle, Erika Salvi, Erwin P. Bottinger, E-Shyong Tai, Eulalia Catamo, Federica Rizzi, Feng Guo, Fernando Rivadeneira, Franco Guilianini, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Georg Ehret, Gerard Waeber, Ginevra Biino, Giorgia Girotto, Giorgio Pistis, Girish N. Nadkarni, Graciela E. Delgado, Grant W. Montgomery, Harold Snieder, Harry Campbell, Harvey D. White, He Gao, Heather M. Stringham, Helena Schmidt, Hengtong Li, Hermann Brenner, Hilma Holm, Holgen Kirsten, Holly Kramer, Igor Rudan, Ilja M. Nolte, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Isleifur Olafsson, Jade Martins, James P. Cook, James F. Wilson, Jan Halbritter, Janine F. Felix, Jasmin Divers, Jaspal S. Kooner, Jeannette Jen-Mai Lee, Jeffrey O’Connell, Jerome I. Rotter, Jianjun Liu, Jie Xu, Joachim Thiery, Johan Ärnlöv, Johanna Kuusisto, Johanna Jakobsdottir, Johanne Tremblay, John C. Chambers, John B. Whitfield, John M. Gaziano, Jonathan Marten, Josef Coresh, Jost B. Jonas, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Kaare Christensen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Karen L. Mohlke, Karlhans Endlich, Katalin Dittrich, Kathleen A. Ryan, Kenneth M. Rice, Kent D. Taylor, Kevin Ho, Kjell Nikus, Koichi Matsuda, Konstantin Strauch, Kozeta Miliku, Kristian Hveem, Lars Lind, Lars Wallentin, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M. Raffield, Lawrence S. Phillips, Lenore J. Launer, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Leslie A. Lange, Lorena Citterio, Lucija Klaric, M. Arfan Ikram, Marcus Ising, Marcus E. Kleber, Margherita Francescatto, Maria Pina Concas, Marina Ciullo, Mario Piratsu, Marju Orho-Melander, Markku Laakso, Markus Loeffler, Markus Perola, Martin H. de Borst, Martin Gögele, Martina La Bianca, Mary Ann Lukas, Mary F. Feitosa, Mary L. Biggs, Mary K. Wojczynski, Maryam Kavousi, Masahiro Kanai, Masato Akiyama, Masayuki Yasuda, Matthias Nauck, Melanie Waldenberger, Miao-Li Chee, Miao-Ling Chee, Michael Boehnke, Michael H. Preuss, Michael Stumvoll, Michael A. Province, Michele K. Evans, Michelle L. O’Donoghue, Michiaki Kubo, Mika Kähönen, Mika Kastarinen, Mike A. Nalls, Mikko Kuokkanen, Mohsen Ghanbari, Murielle Bochud, Navya Shilpa Josyula, Nicholas G. Martin, Nicholas Y. Q. Tan, Nicholette D. Palmer, Nicola Pirastu, Nicole Schupf, Niek Verweij, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Nina Mononen, Nisha Bansal, Olivier Devuyst, Olle Melander, Olli T. Raitakari, Ozren Polasek, Paolo Manunta, Paolo Gasparini, Pashupati P. Mishra, Patrick Sulem, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Paul Elliott, Paul M. Ridker, Pavel Hamet, Per O. Svensson, Peter K. Joshi, Peter Kovacs, Peter P. Pramstaller, Peter Rossing, Peter Vollenweider, Pim van der Harst, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Ralene Z. H. Sim, Ralph Burkhardt, Ran Tao, Raymond Noordam, Reedik Mägi, Reinhold Schmidt, Renée de Mutsert, Rico Rueedi, Rob M. van Dam, Robert J. Carroll, Ron T. Gansevoort, Ruth J. F. Loos, Sala Cinzia Felicita, Sanaz Sedaghat, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Sarah A. Pendergrass, Sarah E. Graham, Scott D. Gordon, Shih-Jen Hwang, Shona M. Kerr, Simona Vaccargiu, Snehal B. Patil, Stein Hallan, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Su-Chi Lim, Susanne Lucae, Suzanne Vogelezang, Sven Bergmann, Tanguy Corre, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Terho Lehtimäki, Thibaud S. Boutin, Thomas Meitinger, Tien-Yin Wong, Tobias Bergler, Ton J. Rabelink, Tõnu Esko, Toomas Haller, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Uwe Völker, Valencia Hui Xian Foo, Veikko Salomaa, Veronique Vitart, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Vilmundur Gudnason, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Wei Huang, Weihua Zhang, Wen Bin Wei, Wieland Kiess, Winfried März, Wolfgang Koenig, Wolfgang Lieb, Xin Gao, Xueling Sim, Ya Xing Wang, Yechiel Friedlander, Yih-Chung Tham, Yoichiro Kamatani, Yukinori Okada, Yuri Milaneschi, Zhi Yu, Lifelines cohort study, DiscovEHR/MyCode study, VA Million Veteran Program, Klaus J. Stark, Kari Stefansson, Carsten A. Böger, Adriana M. Hung, Florian Kronenberg, Anna Köttgen, Cristian Pattaro, and Iris M. Heid
Subjects: Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: A large-scale GWAS provides insight on diabetes-dependent genetic effects on the glomerular filtration rate, a common metric to monitor kidney health in disease.
Published: 2022
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15. Genome-wide association study of obstructive sleep apnoea in the Million Veteran Program uncovers genetic heterogeneity by sexResearch in context

Author: Tamar Sofer, Nuzulul Kurniansyah, Michael Murray, Yuk-Lam Ho, Erik Abner, Tõnu Esko, Jennifer E. Huffman, Kelly Cho, Peter W.F. Wilson, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Andres Metspalu, Lili Milani, Reedik Mägi, Mari Nelis, and Georgi Hudjashov
Subjects: Obstructive sleep apnoea, Electronic health records, Genome-wide association study, Sex differences, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract: Summary: Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are limited due to the underdiagnosis of OSA, leading to misclassification of OSA, which consequently reduces statistical power. We performed a GWAS of OSA in the Million Veteran Program (MVP) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system, where OSA prevalence is close to its true population prevalence. Methods: We performed GWAS of 568,576 MVP participants, stratified by biological sex and by harmonized race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry (HARE) groups of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian individuals. We considered both BMI adjusted (BMI-adj) and unadjusted (BMI-unadj) models. We replicated associations in independent datasets, and analysed the heterogeneity of OSA genetic associations across HARE and sex groups. We finally performed a larger meta-analysis GWAS of MVP, FinnGen, and the MGB Biobank, totalling 916,696 individuals. Findings: MVP participants are 91% male. OSA prevalence is 21%. In MVP there were 18 and 6 genome-wide significant loci in BMI-unadj and BMI-adj analyses, respectively, corresponding to 21 association regions. Of these, 17 were not previously reported in association with OSA, and 13 replicated in FinnGen (False Discovery Rate p-value < 0.05). There were widespread significant differences in genetic effects between men and women, but less so across HARE groups. Meta-analysis of MVP, FinnGen, and MGB biobank revealed 17 additional, previously unreported, genome-wide significant regions. Interpretation: Sex differences in genetic associations with OSA are widespread, likely associated with multiple OSA risk factors. OSA shares genetic underpinnings with several sleep phenotypes, suggesting shared aetiology and causal pathways. Funding: Described in acknowledgements.
Published: 2023
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16. Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts

Author: Ying Wang, Shinichi Namba, Esteban Lopera, Sini Kerminen, Kristin Tsuo, Kristi Läll, Masahiro Kanai, Wei Zhou, Kuan-Han Wu, Marie-Julie Favé, Laxmi Bhatta, Philip Awadalla, Ben Brumpton, Patrick Deelen, Kristian Hveem, Valeria Lo Faro, Reedik Mägi, Yoshinori Murakami, Serena Sanna, Jordan W. Smoller, Jasmina Uzunovic, Brooke N. Wolford, Cristen Willer, Eric R. Gamazon, Nancy J. Cox, Ida Surakka, Yukinori Okada, Alicia R. Martin, Jibril Hirbo, Kuan-Han H. Wu, Humaira Rasheed, Jibril B. Hirbo, Arjun Bhattacharya, Huiling Zhao, Esteban A. Lopera-Maya, Sinéad B. Chapman, Juha Karjalainen, Mitja Kurki, Maasha Mutaamba, Juulia J. Partanen, Ben M. Brumpton, Sameer Chavan, Tzu-Ting Chen, Michelle Daya, Yi Ding, Yen-Chen A. Feng, Christopher R. Gignoux, Sarah E. Graham, Whitney E. Hornsby, Nathan Ingold, Ruth Johnson, Triin Laisk, Kuang Lin, Jun Lv, Iona Y. Millwood, Priit Palta, Anita Pandit, Michael H. Preuss, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Matthew Zawistowski, Xue Zhong, Archie Campbell, Kristy Crooks, Geertruida H. de Bock, Nicholas J. Douville, Sarah Finer, Lars G. Fritsche, Christopher J. Griffiths, Yu Guo, Karen A. Hunt, Takahiro Konuma, Riccardo E. Marioni, Jansonius Nomdo, Snehal Patil, Nicholas Rafaels, Anne Richmond, Jonathan A. Shortt, Peter Straub, Ran Tao, Brett Vanderwerff, Kathleen C. Barnes, Marike Boezen, Zhengming Chen, Chia-Yen Chen, Judy Cho, George Davey Smith, Hilary K. Finucane, Lude Franke, Andrea Ganna, Tom R. Gaunt, Tian Ge, Hailiang Huang, Jennifer Huffman, Jukka T. Koskela, Clara Lajonchere, Matthew H. Law, Liming Li, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Ruth J.F. Loos, Stuart MacGregor, Koichi Matsuda, Catherine M. Olsen, David J. Porteous, Jordan A. Shavit, Harold Snieder, Richard C. Trembath, Judith M. Vonk, David Whiteman, Stephen J. Wicks, Cisca Wijmenga, John Wright, Jie Zheng, Xiang Zhou, Michael Boehnke, Daniel H. Geschwind, Caroline Hayward, Eimear E. Kenny, Yen-Feng Lin, Hilary C. Martin, Sarah E. Medland, Aarno V. Palotie, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Kari Stefansson, David A. van Heel, Robin G. Walters, Sebastian Zöllner, Cristen J. Willer, Mark J. Daly, and Benjamin M. Neale
Subjects: Global-Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative, polygenic risk scores, multi-ancestry genetic prediction, accuracy heterogeneity, Genetics, QH426-470, Internal medicine, RC31-1245
Abstract: Summary: Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been widely explored in precision medicine. However, few studies have thoroughly investigated their best practices in global populations across different diseases. We here utilized data from Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative (GBMI) to explore methodological considerations and PRS performance in 9 different biobanks for 14 disease endpoints. Specifically, we constructed PRSs using pruning and thresholding (P + T) and PRS-continuous shrinkage (CS). For both methods, using a European-based linkage disequilibrium (LD) reference panel resulted in comparable or higher prediction accuracy compared with several other non-European-based panels. PRS-CS overall outperformed the classic P + T method, especially for endpoints with higher SNP-based heritability. Notably, prediction accuracy is heterogeneous across endpoints, biobanks, and ancestries, especially for asthma, which has known variation in disease prevalence across populations. Overall, we provide lessons for PRS construction, evaluation, and interpretation using GBMI resources and highlight the importance of best practices for PRS in the biobank-scale genomics era.
Published: 2023
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17. Probabilistic inference of the genetic architecture underlying functional enrichment of complex traits

Author: Marion Patxot, Daniel Trejo Banos, Athanasios Kousathanas, Etienne J. Orliac, Sven E. Ojavee, Gerhard Moser, Alexander Holloway, Julia Sidorenko, Zoltan Kutalik, Reedik Mägi, Peter M. Visscher, Lars Rönnegård, and Matthew R. Robinson
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Improving inference in large-scale genetic data linked to electronic medical record data requires the development of novel computationally efficient regression methods. Here, the authors develop a Bayesian approach for association analyses to improve SNP-heritability estimation, discovery, fine-mapping and genomic prediction.
Published: 2021
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18. Omics-informed CNV calls reduce false-positive rates and improve power for CNV-trait associations

Author: Maarja Lepamets, Chiara Auwerx, Margit Nõukas, Annique Claringbould, Eleonora Porcu, Mart Kals, Tuuli Jürgenson, Andrew Paul Morris, Urmo Võsa, Murielle Bochud, Silvia Stringhini, Cisca Wijmenga, Lude Franke, Hedi Peterson, Jaak Vilo, Kaido Lepik, Reedik Mägi, and Zoltán Kutalik
Subjects: anthropometric traits, copy-number variation, gene expression, methylation, multi-omics, PennCNV, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Summary: Copy-number variations (CNV) are believed to play an important role in a wide range of complex traits, but discovering such associations remains challenging. While whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is the gold-standard approach for CNV detection, there are several orders of magnitude more samples with available genotyping microarray data. Such array data can be exploited for CNV detection using dedicated software (e.g., PennCNV); however, these calls suffer from elevated false-positive and -negative rates. In this study, we developed a CNV quality score that weights PennCNV calls (pCNVs) based on their likelihood of being true positive. First, we established a measure of pCNV reliability by leveraging evidence from multiple omics data (WGS, transcriptomics, and methylomics) obtained from the same samples. Next, we built a predictor of omics-confirmed pCNVs, termed omics-informed quality score (OQS), using only PennCNV software output parameters. Promisingly, OQS assigned to pCNVs detected in close family members was up to 35% higher than the OQS of pCNVs not carried by other relatives (p
Published: 2022
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19. Genome-wide association study identifies five risk loci for pernicious anemia

Author: Triin Laisk, Maarja Lepamets, Mariann Koel, Erik Abner, Estonian Biobank Research Team, and Reedik Mägi
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Pernicious anemia shows co-incidence with autoimmune disorders, yet the genetic basis for this condition is understudied. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study meta-analysis on pernicious anemia, identifying five susceptibility loci that map to genes with known roles in autoimmune disease.
Published: 2021
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20. Genomic architecture and prediction of censored time-to-event phenotypes with a Bayesian genome-wide analysis

Author: Sven E. Ojavee, Athanasios Kousathanas, Daniel Trejo Banos, Etienne J. Orliac, Marion Patxot, Kristi Läll, Reedik Mägi, Krista Fischer, Zoltan Kutalik, and Matthew R. Robinson
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Few genome-wide association studies have explored the genetic architecture of age-of-onset for traits and diseases. Here, the authors develop a Bayesian approach to improve prediction in timing-related phenotypes and perform age-of-onset analyses across complex traits in the UK Biobank.
Published: 2021
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21. Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability

Author: Vasiliki Lagou, Reedik Mägi, Jouke- Jan Hottenga, Harald Grallert, John R. B. Perry, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Letizia Marullo, Denis Rybin, Rick Jansen, Josine L. Min, Antigone S. Dimas, Anna Ulrich, Liudmila Zudina, Jesper R. Gådin, Longda Jiang, Alessia Faggian, Amélie Bonnefond, Joao Fadista, Maria G. Stathopoulou, Aaron Isaacs, Sara M. Willems, Pau Navarro, Toshiko Tanaka, Anne U. Jackson, May E. Montasser, Jeff R. O’Connell, Lawrence F. Bielak, Rebecca J. Webster, Richa Saxena, Jeanette M. Stafford, Beate St Pourcain, Nicholas J. Timpson, Perttu Salo, So-Youn Shin, Najaf Amin, Albert V. Smith, Guo Li, Niek Verweij, Anuj Goel, Ian Ford, Paul C. D. Johnson, Toby Johnson, Karen Kapur, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Rona J. Strawbridge, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, Tõnu Esko, Evelin Mihailov, Tove Fall, Ross M. Fraser, Anubha Mahajan, Stavroula Kanoni, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Marcus E. Kleber, Günther Silbernagel, Julia Meyer, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Andrea Ganna, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Loic Yengo, Dmitry Shungin, Jian’an Luan, Momoko Horikoshi, Ping An, Serena Sanna, Yvonne Boettcher, N. William Rayner, Ilja M. Nolte, Tatijana Zemunik, Erik van Iperen, Peter Kovacs, Nicholas D. Hastie, Sarah H. Wild, Stela McLachlan, Susan Campbell, Ozren Polasek, Olga Carlson, Josephine Egan, Wieland Kiess, Gonneke Willemsen, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Maria Dimitriou, Andrew A. Hicks, Rainer Rauramaa, Stefania Bandinelli, Barbara Thorand, Yongmei Liu, Iva Miljkovic, Lars Lind, Alex Doney, Markus Perola, Aroon Hingorani, Mika Kivimaki, Meena Kumari, Amanda J. Bennett, Christopher J. Groves, Christian Herder, Heikki A. Koistinen, Leena Kinnunen, Ulf de Faire, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Matti Uusitupa, Colin N. A. Palmer, J. Wouter Jukema, Naveed Sattar, Anneli Pouta, Harold Snieder, Eric Boerwinkle, James S. Pankow, Patrik K. Magnusson, Ulrika Krus, Chiara Scapoli, Eco J. C. N. de Geus, Matthias Blüher, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Michael A. Province, Goncalo R. Abecasis, James B. Meigs, G. Kees Hovingh, Jaana Lindström, James F. Wilson, Alan F. Wright, George V. Dedoussis, Stefan R. Bornstein, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Anke Tönjes, Bernhard R. Winkelmann, Bernhard O. Boehm, Winfried März, Andres Metspalu, Jackie F. Price, Panos Deloukas, Antje Körner, Timo A. Lakka, Sirkka M. Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Timo E. Saaristo, Richard N. Bergman, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Nicholas J. Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, Satu Männistö, Paul W. Franks, Caroline Hayward, Veronique Vitart, Jaakko Kaprio, Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Beverley Balkau, David Altshuler, Igor Rudan, Michael Stumvoll, Harry Campbell, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Christian Gieger, Thomas Illig, Luigi Ferrucci, Nancy L. Pedersen, Peter P. Pramstaller, Michael Boehnke, Timothy M. Frayling, Alan R. Shuldiner, Patricia A. Peyser, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Lyle J. Palmer, Brenda W. Penninx, Pierre Meneton, Tamara B. Harris, Gerjan Navis, Pim van der Harst, George Davey Smith, Nita G. Forouhi, Ruth J. F. Loos, Veikko Salomaa, Nicole Soranzo, Dorret I. Boomsma, Leif Groop, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Albert Hofman, Patricia B. Munroe, Vilmundur Gudnason, David S. Siscovick, Hugh Watkins, Cecile Lecoeur, Peter Vollenweider, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Per Eriksson, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Kari Stefansson, Anders Hamsten, George Nicholson, Fredrik Karpe, Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Mark I. McCarthy, Philippe Froguel, Marika A. Kaakinen, Valeriya Lyssenko, Richard M. Watanabe, Erik Ingelsson, Jose C. Florez, Josée Dupuis, Inês Barroso, Andrew P. Morris, Inga Prokopenko, and Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-related traits Consortium (MAGIC)
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Sex differences in fasting glucose and insulin have been identified, but the genetic loci underlying these differences have not. Here, the authors perform a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies to detect sex-specific and sex-dimorphic loci associated with fasting glucose and insulin.
Published: 2021
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22. Genome-wide risk prediction of common diseases across ancestries in one million people

Author: Nina Mars, Sini Kerminen, Yen-Chen A. Feng, Masahiro Kanai, Kristi Läll, Laurent F. Thomas, Anne Heidi Skogholt, Pietro della Briotta Parolo, Benjamin M. Neale, Jordan W. Smoller, Maiken E. Gabrielsen, Kristian Hveem, Reedik Mägi, Koichi Matsuda, Yukinori Okada, Matti Pirinen, Aarno Palotie, Andrea Ganna, Alicia R. Martin, and Samuli Ripatti
Subjects: polygenic risk score, health disparities, global health, ancestry, precision medicine, risk prediction, Genetics, QH426-470, Internal medicine, RC31-1245
Abstract: Summary: Polygenic risk scores (PRS) measure genetic disease susceptibility by combining risk effects across the genome. For coronary artery disease (CAD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and breast and prostate cancer, we performed cross-ancestry evaluation of genome-wide PRSs in six biobanks in Europe, the United States, and Asia. We studied transferability of these highly polygenic, genome-wide PRSs across global ancestries, within European populations with different health-care systems, and local population substructures in a population isolate. All four PRSs had similar accuracy across European and Asian populations, with poorer transferability in the smaller group of individuals of African ancestry. The PRSs had highly similar effect sizes in different populations of European ancestry, and in early- and late-settlement regions with different recent population bottlenecks in Finland. Comparing genome-wide PRSs to PRSs containing a smaller number of variants, the highly polygenic, genome-wide PRSs generally displayed higher effect sizes and better transferability across global ancestries. Our findings indicate that in the populations investigated, the current genome-wide polygenic scores for common diseases have potential for clinical utility within different health-care settings for individuals of European ancestry, but that the utility in individuals of African ancestry is currently much lower.
Published: 2022
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23. The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage

Author: Triin Laisk, Ana Luiza G. Soares, Teresa Ferreira, Jodie N. Painter, Jenny C. Censin, Samantha Laber, Jonas Bacelis, Chia-Yen Chen, Maarja Lepamets, Kuang Lin, Siyang Liu, Iona Y. Millwood, Avinash Ramu, Jennifer Southcombe, Marianne S. Andersen, Ling Yang, Christian M. Becker, Anders D. Børglum, Scott D. Gordon, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Øyvind Helgeland, David M. Hougaard, Xin Jin, Stefan Johansson, Julius Juodakis, Christiana Kartsonaki, Viktorija Kukushkina, Penelope A. Lind, Andres Metspalu, Grant W. Montgomery, Andrew P. Morris, Ole Mors, Preben B. Mortensen, Pål R. Njølstad, Merete Nordentoft, Dale R. Nyholt, Margaret Lippincott, Stephanie Seminara, Andres Salumets, Harold Snieder, Krina Zondervan, Thomas Werge, Zhengming Chen, Donald F. Conrad, Bo Jacobsson, Liming Li, Nicholas G. Martin, Benjamin M. Neale, Rasmus Nielsen, Robin G. Walters, Ingrid Granne, Sarah E. Medland, Reedik Mägi, Deborah A. Lawlor, and Cecilia M. Lindgren
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Miscarriage affects around 15% of clinically confirmed pregnancies. Here the authors carry out a large genome-wide association study for sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage and suggest links with placental biology.
Published: 2020
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24. Ancestry deconvolution and partial polygenic score can improve susceptibility predictions in recently admixed individuals

Author: Davide Marnetto, Katri Pärna, Kristi Läll, Ludovica Molinaro, Francesco Montinaro, Toomas Haller, Mait Metspalu, Reedik Mägi, Krista Fischer, and Luca Pagani
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Polygenic scores are believed to hold future promise for trait prediction and personalized medicine, but are sensitive to demographic history. Here, Marnetto et al. develop partial polygenic scores supplemented with local ancestry deconvolution which improves prediction accuracy into recently admixed European populations.
Published: 2020
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25. Multi-ancestry sleep-by-SNP interaction analysis in 126,926 individuals reveals lipid loci stratified by sleep duration

Author: Raymond Noordam, Maxime M. Bos, Heming Wang, Thomas W. Winkler, Amy R. Bentley, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Paul S. de Vries, Yun Ju Sung, Karen Schwander, Brian E. Cade, Alisa Manning, Hugues Aschard, Michael R. Brown, Han Chen, Nora Franceschini, Solomon K. Musani, Melissa Richard, Dina Vojinovic, Stella Aslibekyan, Traci M. Bartz, Lisa de las Fuentes, Mary Feitosa, Andrea R. Horimoto, Marjan Ilkov, Minjung Kho, Aldi Kraja, Changwei Li, Elise Lim, Yongmei Liu, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Tuomo Rankinen, Salman M. Tajuddin, Ashley van der Spek, Zhe Wang, Jonathan Marten, Vincent Laville, Maris Alver, Evangelos Evangelou, Maria E. Graff, Meian He, Brigitte Kühnel, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Ilja M. Nolte, Nicholette D. Palmer, Rainer Rauramaa, Xiao-Ou Shu, Harold Snieder, Stefan Weiss, Wanqing Wen, Lisa R. Yanek, Correa Adolfo, Christie Ballantyne, Larry Bielak, Nienke R. Biermasz, Eric Boerwinkle, Niki Dimou, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Chuan Gao, Sina A. Gharib, Daniel J. Gottlieb, José Haba-Rubio, Tamara B. Harris, Sami Heikkinen, Raphaël Heinzer, James E. Hixson, Georg Homuth, M. Arfan Ikram, Pirjo Komulainen, Jose E. Krieger, Jiwon Lee, Jingmin Liu, Kurt K. Lohman, Annemarie I. Luik, Reedik Mägi, Lisa W. Martin, Thomas Meitinger, Andres Metspalu, Yuri Milaneschi, Mike A. Nalls, Jeff O’Connell, Annette Peters, Patricia Peyser, Olli T. Raitakari, Alex P. Reiner, Patrick C. N. Rensen, Treva K. Rice, Stephen S. Rich, Till Roenneberg, Jerome I. Rotter, Pamela J. Schreiner, James Shikany, Stephen S. Sidney, Mario Sims, Colleen M. Sitlani, Tamar Sofer, Konstantin Strauch, Morris A. Swertz, Kent D. Taylor, André G. Uitterlinden, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Henry Völzke, Melanie Waldenberger, Robert B. Wallance, Ko Willems van Dijk, Caizheng Yu, Alan B. Zonderman, Diane M. Becker, Paul Elliott, Tõnu Esko, Christian Gieger, Hans J. Grabe, Timo A. Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Kari E. North, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Peter Vollenweider, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Tangchun Wu, Yong-Bing Xiang, Wei Zheng, Donna K. Arnett, Claude Bouchard, Michele K. Evans, Vilmundur Gudnason, Sharon Kardia, Tanika N. Kelly, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Ruth J. F. Loos, Alexandre C. Pereira, Mike Province, Bruce M. Psaty, Charles Rotimi, Xiaofeng Zhu, Najaf Amin, L. Adrienne Cupples, Myriam Fornage, Ervin F. Fox, Xiuqing Guo, W. James Gauderman, Kenneth Rice, Charles Kooperberg, Patricia B. Munroe, Ching-Ti Liu, Alanna C. Morrison, Dabeeru C. Rao, Diana van Heemst, and Susan Redline
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Sleep duration is associated with an adverse lipid profile. Here, the authors perform genome-wide gene-by-sleep interaction analysis and find 49 previously unreported lipid loci when considering short or long total sleep time.
Published: 2019
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26. Improved polygenic prediction by Bayesian multiple regression on summary statistics

Author: Luke R. Lloyd-Jones, Jian Zeng, Julia Sidorenko, Loïc Yengo, Gerhard Moser, Kathryn E. Kemper, Huanwei Wang, Zhili Zheng, Reedik Magi, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Naomi R. Wray, Michael E. Goddard, Jian Yang, and Peter M. Visscher
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Various approaches are being used for polygenic prediction including Bayesian multiple regression methods that require access to individual-level genotype data. Here, the authors extend BayesR to utilise GWAS summary statistics (SBayesR) and show that it outperforms other summary statistic-based methods.
Published: 2019
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27. Genetic variants in humanin nuclear isoform gene regions show no association with coronary artery disease

Author: Mall Eltermaa, Maili Jakobson, Meeme Utt, Sulev Kõks, Reedik Mägi, and Joel Starkopf
Subjects: Humanin, Humanin-like, Coronary artery disease, Association study, Peptide, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Science (General), Q1-390
Abstract: Abstract Objective Coronary artery disease contributes to noncommunicable disease deaths worldwide. In order to make preventive methods more accurate, we need to know more about the development and progress of this pathology, including the genetic aspects. Humanin is a small peptide known for its cytoprotective and anti-apoptotic properties. Our study looked for genomic associations between humanin-like nuclear isoform genes and coronary artery disease using CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium data. Results Lookup from meta-analysis datasets gave single nucleotide polymorphisms in all 13 humanin-like nuclear isoform genes with the lowest P value for rs6151662 from the MTRNR2L2 gene including the 50 kb flanking region in both directions (P-value = 0.0037). Within the gene region alone the top variant was rs78083998 from the MTRNR2L13 region (meta-analysis P-value = 0.042). None of the found associations were statistically significant after correction for multiple testing. Lookup for expression trait loci in these gene regions gave no statistically significant variants.
Published: 2019
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28. Rare mutations in the complement regulatory gene CSMD1 are associated with male and female infertility

Author: Arthur S. Lee, Jannette Rusch, Ana C. Lima, Abul Usmani, Ni Huang, Maarja Lepamets, Katinka A. Vigh-Conrad, Ronald E. Worthington, Reedik Mägi, Xiaobo Wu, Kenneth I. Aston, John P. Atkinson, Douglas T. Carrell, Rex A. Hess, Moira K. O’Bryan, and Donald F. Conrad
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Many molecular and physiological mechanisms in the regulation of fertility are shared between female and male mammals. Here, Lee et al. report an association of CNVs in CSMD1 with early idiopathic menopause in women and show that loss of Csmd1 leads to gonadal dysfunction in both male and female mice.
Published: 2019
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29. Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes

Author: David W Clark, Yukinori Okada, Kristjan H S Moore, Dan Mason, Nicola Pirastu, Ilaria Gandin, Hannele Mattsson, Catriona L K Barnes, Kuang Lin, Jing Hua Zhao, Patrick Deelen, Rebecca Rohde, Claudia Schurmann, Xiuqing Guo, Franco Giulianini, Weihua Zhang, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Robert Karlsson, Yanchun Bao, Traci M Bartz, Clemens Baumbach, Ginevra Biino, Matthew J Bixley, Marco Brumat, Jin-Fang Chai, Tanguy Corre, Diana L Cousminer, Annelot M Dekker, David A Eccles, Kristel R van Eijk, Christian Fuchsberger, He Gao, Marine Germain, Scott D Gordon, Hugoline G de Haan, Sarah E Harris, Edith Hofer, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Catherine Igartua, Iris E Jansen, Yucheng Jia, Tim Kacprowski, Torgny Karlsson, Marcus E Kleber, Shengchao Alfred Li, Ruifang Li-Gao, Anubha Mahajan, Koichi Matsuda, Karina Meidtner, Weihua Meng, May E Montasser, Peter J van der Most, Matthias Munz, Teresa Nutile, Teemu Palviainen, Gauri Prasad, Rashmi B Prasad, Tallapragada Divya Sri Priyanka, Federica Rizzi, Erika Salvi, Bishwa R Sapkota, Daniel Shriner, Line Skotte, Melissa C Smart, Albert Vernon Smith, Ashley van der Spek, Cassandra N Spracklen, Rona J Strawbridge, Salman M Tajuddin, Stella Trompet, Constance Turman, Niek Verweij, Clara Viberti, Lihua Wang, Helen R Warren, Robyn E Wootton, Lisa R Yanek, Jie Yao, Noha A Yousri, Wei Zhao, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Saima Afaq, Carlos Alberto Aguilar-Salinas, Masato Akiyama, Matthew L Albert, Matthew A Allison, Maris Alver, Tin Aung, Fereidoun Azizi, Amy R Bentley, Heiner Boeing, Eric Boerwinkle, Judith B Borja, Gert J de Borst, Erwin P Bottinger, Linda Broer, Harry Campbell, Stephen Chanock, Miao-Li Chee, Guanjie Chen, Yii-Der I Chen, Zhengming Chen, Yen-Feng Chiu, Massimiliano Cocca, Francis S Collins, Maria Pina Concas, Janie Corley, Giovanni Cugliari, Rob M van Dam, Anna Damulina, Maryam S Daneshpour, Felix R Day, Graciela E Delgado, Klodian Dhana, Alexander S F Doney, Marcus Dörr, Ayo P Doumatey, Nduna Dzimiri, S Sunna Ebenesersdóttir, Joshua Elliott, Paul Elliott, Ralf Ewert, Janine F Felix, Krista Fischer, Barry I Freedman, Giorgia Girotto, Anuj Goel, Martin Gögele, Mark O Goodarzi, Mariaelisa Graff, Einat Granot-Hershkovitz, Francine Grodstein, Simonetta Guarrera, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Kamran Guity, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Yu Guo, Saskia P Hagenaars, Christopher A Haiman, Avner Halevy, Tamara B Harris, Mehdi Hedayati, David A van Heel, Makoto Hirata, Imo Höfer, Chao Agnes Hsiung, Jinyan Huang, Yi-Jen Hung, M Arfan Ikram, Anuradha Jagadeesan, Pekka Jousilahti, Yoichiro Kamatani, Masahiro Kanai, Nicola D Kerrison, Thorsten Kessler, Kay-Tee Khaw, Chiea Chuen Khor, Dominique P V de Kleijn, Woon-Puay Koh, Ivana Kolcic, Peter Kraft, Bernhard K Krämer, Zoltán Kutalik, Johanna Kuusisto, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J Launer, Deborah A Lawlor, I-Te Lee, Wen-Jane Lee, Markus M Lerch, Liming Li, Jianjun Liu, Marie Loh, Stephanie J London, Stephanie Loomis, Yingchang Lu, Jian’an Luan, Reedik Mägi, Ani W Manichaikul, Paolo Manunta, Gísli Másson, Nana Matoba, Xue W Mei, Christa Meisinger, Thomas Meitinger, Massimo Mezzavilla, Lili Milani, Iona Y Millwood, Yukihide Momozawa, Amy Moore, Pierre-Emmanuel Morange, Hortensia Moreno-Macías, Trevor A Mori, Alanna C Morrison, Taulant Muka, Yoshinori Murakami, Alison D Murray, Renée de Mutsert, Josyf C Mychaleckyj, Mike A Nalls, Matthias Nauck, Matt J Neville, Ilja M Nolte, Ken K Ong, Lorena Orozco, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Gunnar Pálsson, James S Pankow, Cristian Pattaro, Alison Pattie, Ozren Polasek, Neil Poulter, Peter P Pramstaller, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Katri Räikkönen, Sarju Ralhan, Dabeeru C Rao, Wouter van Rheenen, Stephen S Rich, Paul M Ridker, Cornelius A Rietveld, Antonietta Robino, Frank J A van Rooij, Daniela Ruggiero, Yasaman Saba, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Maria Sabater-Lleal, Cinzia Felicita Sala, Veikko Salomaa, Kevin Sandow, Helena Schmidt, Laura J Scott, William R Scott, Bahareh Sedaghati-Khayat, Bengt Sennblad, Jessica van Setten, Peter J Sever, Wayne H-H Sheu, Yuan Shi, Smeeta Shrestha, Sharvari Rahul Shukla, Jon K Sigurdsson, Timo Tonis Sikka, Jai Rup Singh, Blair H Smith, Alena Stančáková, Alice Stanton, John M Starr, Lilja Stefansdottir, Leon Straker, Patrick Sulem, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Morris A Swertz, Adele M Taylor, Kent D Taylor, Natalie Terzikhan, Yih-Chung Tham, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Annika Tillander, Russell P Tracy, Teresa Tusié-Luna, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Simona Vaccargiu, Jagadish Vangipurapu, Jan H Veldink, Veronique Vitart, Uwe Völker, Eero Vuoksimaa, Salma M Wakil, Melanie Waldenberger, Gurpreet S Wander, Ya Xing Wang, Nicholas J Wareham, Sarah Wild, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, Jian-Min Yuan, Lingyao Zeng, Liang Zhang, Jie Zhou, Najaf Amin, Folkert W Asselbergs, Stephan J L Bakker, Diane M Becker, Benjamin Lehne, David A Bennett, Leonard H van den Berg, Sonja I Berndt, Dwaipayan Bharadwaj, Lawrence F Bielak, Murielle Bochud, Mike Boehnke, Claude Bouchard, Jonathan P Bradfield, Jennifer A Brody, Archie Campbell, Shai Carmi, Mark J Caulfield, David Cesarini, John C Chambers, Giriraj Ratan Chandak, Ching-Yu Cheng, Marina Ciullo, Marilyn Cornelis, Daniele Cusi, George Davey Smith, Ian J Deary, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Cornelia M van Duijn, David Ellinghaus, Jeanette Erdmann, Johan G Eriksson, Evangelos Evangelou, Michele K Evans, Jessica D Faul, Bjarke Feenstra, Mary Feitosa, Sylvain Foisy, Andre Franke, Yechiel Friedlander, Paolo Gasparini, Christian Gieger, Clicerio Gonzalez, Philippe Goyette, Struan F A Grant, Lyn R Griffiths, Leif Groop, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Hakon Hakonarson, Anders Hamsten, Pim van der Harst, Chew-Kiat Heng, Andrew A Hicks, Hagit Hochner, Heikki Huikuri, Steven C Hunt, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Philip L De Jager, Magnus Johannesson, Åsa Johansson, Jost B Jonas, J Wouter Jukema, Juhani Junttila, Jaakko Kaprio, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Fredrik Karpe, Meena Kumari, Markku Laakso, Sander W van der Laan, Jari Lahti, Matthias Laudes, Rodney A Lea, Wolfgang Lieb, Thomas Lumley, Nicholas G Martin, Winfried März, Giuseppe Matullo, Mark I McCarthy, Sarah E Medland, Tony R Merriman, Andres Metspalu, Brian F Meyer, Karen L Mohlke, Grant W Montgomery, Dennis Mook-Kanamori, Patricia B Munroe, Kari E North, Dale R Nyholt, Jeffery R O’connell, Carole Ober, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Walter Palmas, Colin Palmer, Gerard G Pasterkamp, Etienne Patin, Craig E Pennell, Louis Perusse, Patricia A Peyser, Mario Pirastu, Tinca J. C. Polderman, David J Porteous, Danielle Posthuma, Bruce M Psaty, John D Rioux, Fernando Rivadeneira, Charles Rotimi, Jerome I Rotter, Igor Rudan, Hester M Den Ruijter, Dharambir K Sanghera, Naveed Sattar, Reinhold Schmidt, Matthias B Schulze, Heribert Schunkert, Robert A Scott, Alan R Shuldiner, Xueling Sim, Neil Small, Jennifer A Smith, Nona Sotoodehnia, E-Shyong Tai, Alexander Teumer, Nicholas J Timpson, Daniela Toniolo, David-Alexandre Tregouet, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Peter Vollenweider, Carol A Wang, David R Weir, John B Whitfield, Cisca Wijmenga, Tien-Yin Wong, John Wright, Jingyun Yang, Lei Yu, Babette S Zemel, Alan B Zonderman, Markus Perola, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, André G Uitterlinden, Jaspal S Kooner, Daniel I Chasman, Ruth J. F. Loos, Nora Franceschini, Lude Franke, Chris S Haley, Caroline Hayward, Robin G Walters, John R. B. Perry, Tōnu Esko, Agnar Helgason, Kari Stefansson, Peter K Joshi, Michiaki Kubo, and James F Wilson
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Inbreeding depression has been observed in many different species, but in humans a systematic analysis has been difficult so far. Here, analysing more than 1.3 million individuals, the authors show that a genomic inbreeding coefficient (FROH) is associated with disadvantageous outcomes in 32 out of 100 traits tested.
Published: 2019
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30. Parents of early‐maturing girls die younger

Author: Peeter Hõrak, Markus Valge, Krista Fischer, Reedik Mägi, and Tanel Kaart
Subjects: age at death, age at menarche, breast development, heritability, human life‐history evolution, lifespan, Evolution, QH359-425
Abstract: Abstract According to the life‐history theory, rates of sexual maturation have coevolved with mortality rates so that individuals who mature faster tend to die younger. We used two data sets, providing different markers for the speed of pubertal development to test whether rates of sexual maturation of women predict the age at death of their parents. In the data set of Estonian schoolgirls born between 1936 and 1961, the rate of breast development predicted lifespan of both mothers and fathers (irrespectively of their socio‐economic position), so that parents of rapidly maturing girls died at younger age. This finding supports the view that fast maturation rates in humans have coevolved with short lifespans and that such trade‐offs can be detected as intergenerational phenotypic correlations in modern populations. Menarcheal age of participants of Estonian Biobank (born between 1925 and 1996) did not predict the age of death of their mothers; however, it did predict survival of their fathers, but only in environment where the genetic variation is exposed (families where at least one parent had tertiary education). In such families (where girls also matured 0.2–0.4 years earlier than in poorly educated families), 1‐year delay in daughter's menarche corresponded to 9% lower hazard of father's death. Heritability of menarcheal age was also highest in well‐educated families. The latter findings are consistent with the idea that genetic differences in the rate of pubertal maturation may be expressed most clearly in well‐off families because in such families, the contribution of environmental variance to total phenotypic variance in menarcheal age is smallest. Our findings suggest that with global improvement and equalization of growth conditions, reductions of environmental variation in the rate of maturation increasingly expose the genetic differences in menarcheal age to selection. Under such conditions, selection on menarcheal age has a potential to affect the evolution of lifespan.
Published: 2019
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31. Polygenic prediction of breast cancer: comparison of genetic predictors and implications for risk stratification

Author: Kristi Läll, Maarja Lepamets, Marili Palover, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Neeme Tõnisson, Peeter Padrik, Reedik Mägi, and Krista Fischer
Subjects: Polygenic risk score, Genetic predisposition to disease, Breast cancer, Risk stratification, Personalized medicine, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Abstract: Abstract Background Published genetic risk scores for breast cancer (BC) so far have been based on a relatively small number of markers and are not necessarily using the full potential of large-scale Genome-Wide Association Studies. This study aimed to identify an efficient polygenic predictor for BC based on best available evidence and to assess its potential for personalized risk prediction and screening strategies. Methods Four different genetic risk scores (two already published and two newly developed) and their combinations (metaGRS) were compared in the subsets of two population-based biobank cohorts: the UK Biobank (UKBB, 3157 BC cases, 43,827 controls) and Estonian Biobank (EstBB, 317 prevalent and 308 incident BC cases in 32,557 women). In addition, correlations between different genetic risk scores and their associations with BC risk factors were studied in both cohorts. Results The metaGRS that combines two genetic risk scores (metaGRS2 - based on 75 and 898 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, respectively) had the strongest association with prevalent BC status in both cohorts. One standard deviation difference in the metaGRS2 corresponded to an Odds Ratio = 1.6 (95% CI 1.54 to 1.66, p = 9.7*10− 135) in the UK Biobank and accounting for family history marginally attenuated the effect (Odds Ratio = 1.58, 95% CI 1.53 to 1.64, p = 7.8*10− 129). In the EstBB cohort, the hazard ratio of incident BC for the women in the top 5% of the metaGRS2 compared to women in the lowest 50% was 4.2 (95% CI 2.8 to 6.2, p = 8.1*10− 13). The different GRSs were only moderately correlated with each other and were associated with different known predictors of BC. The classification of genetic risk for the same individual varied considerably depending on the chosen GRS. Conclusions We have shown that metaGRS2, that combined on the effects of more than 900 SNPs, provided best predictive ability for breast cancer in two different population-based cohorts. The strength of the effect of metaGRS2 indicates that the GRS could potentially be used to develop more efficient strategies for breast cancer screening for genotyped women.
Published: 2019
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32. Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity

Author: Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Amy R. Bentley, Raymond Noordam, Yun Ju Sung, Karen Schwander, Thomas W. Winkler, Hermina Jakupović, Daniel I. Chasman, Alisa Manning, Ioanna Ntalla, Hugues Aschard, Michael R. Brown, Lisa de las Fuentes, Nora Franceschini, Xiuqing Guo, Dina Vojinovic, Stella Aslibekyan, Mary F. Feitosa, Minjung Kho, Solomon K. Musani, Melissa Richard, Heming Wang, Zhe Wang, Traci M. Bartz, Lawrence F. Bielak, Archie Campbell, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Virginia Fisher, Fernando P. Hartwig, Andrea R. V. R. Horimoto, Changwei Li, Kurt K. Lohman, Jonathan Marten, Xueling Sim, Albert V. Smith, Salman M. Tajuddin, Maris Alver, Marzyeh Amini, Mathilde Boissel, Jin Fang Chai, Xu Chen, Jasmin Divers, Evangelos Evangelou, Chuan Gao, Mariaelisa Graff, Sarah E. Harris, Meian He, Fang-Chi Hsu, Anne U. Jackson, Jing Hua Zhao, Aldi T. Kraja, Brigitte Kühnel, Federica Laguzzi, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Ilja M. Nolte, Rainer Rauramaa, Muhammad Riaz, Antonietta Robino, Rico Rueedi, Heather M. Stringham, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Peter J. van der Most, Tibor V. Varga, Niek Verweij, Erin B. Ware, Wanqing Wen, Xiaoyin Li, Lisa R. Yanek, Najaf Amin, Donna K. Arnett, Eric Boerwinkle, Marco Brumat, Brian Cade, Mickaël Canouil, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Maria Pina Concas, John Connell, Renée de Mutsert, H. Janaka de Silva, Paul S. de Vries, Ayşe Demirkan, Jingzhong Ding, Charles B. Eaton, Jessica D. Faul, Yechiel Friedlander, Kelley P. Gabriel, Mohsen Ghanbari, Franco Giulianini, Chi Charles Gu, Dongfeng Gu, Tamara B. Harris, Jiang He, Sami Heikkinen, Chew-Kiat Heng, Steven C. Hunt, M. Arfan Ikram, Jost B. Jonas, Woon-Puay Koh, Pirjo Komulainen, Jose E. Krieger, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Zoltán Kutalik, Johanna Kuusisto, Carl D. Langefeld, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J. Launer, Karin Leander, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Cora E. Lewis, Jingjing Liang, Lifelines Cohort Study, Jianjun Liu, Reedik Mägi, Ani Manichaikul, Thomas Meitinger, Andres Metspalu, Yuri Milaneschi, Karen L. Mohlke, Thomas H. Mosley, Alison D. Murray, Mike A. Nalls, Ei-Ei Khaing Nang, Christopher P. Nelson, Sotoodehnia Nona, Jill M. Norris, Chiamaka Vivian Nwuba, Jeff O’Connell, Nicholette D. Palmer, George J. Papanicolau, Raha Pazoki, Nancy L. Pedersen, Annette Peters, Patricia A. Peyser, Ozren Polasek, David J. Porteous, Alaitz Poveda, Olli T. Raitakari, Stephen S. Rich, Neil Risch, Jennifer G. Robinson, Lynda M. Rose, Igor Rudan, Pamela J. Schreiner, Robert A. Scott, Stephen S. Sidney, Mario Sims, Jennifer A. Smith, Harold Snieder, Tamar Sofer, John M. Starr, Barbara Sternfeld, Konstantin Strauch, Hua Tang, Kent D. Taylor, Michael Y. Tsai, Jaakko Tuomilehto, André G. Uitterlinden, M. Yldau van der Ende, Diana van Heemst, Trudy Voortman, Melanie Waldenberger, Patrik Wennberg, Gregory Wilson, Yong-Bing Xiang, Jie Yao, Caizheng Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Wei Zhao, Alan B. Zonderman, Diane M. Becker, Michael Boehnke, Donald W. Bowden, Ulf de Faire, Ian J. Deary, Paul Elliott, Tõnu Esko, Barry I. Freedman, Philippe Froguel, Paolo Gasparini, Christian Gieger, Norihiro Kato, Markku Laakso, Timo A. Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Nilesh J. Samani, Xiao-Ou Shu, Pim van der Harst, Jana V. Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Peter Vollenweider, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Ya X. Wang, Nicholas J. Wareham, David R. Weir, Tangchun Wu, Wei Zheng, Xiaofeng Zhu, Michele K. Evans, Paul W. Franks, Vilmundur Gudnason, Caroline Hayward, Bernardo L. Horta, Tanika N. Kelly, Yongmei Liu, Kari E. North, Alexandre C. Pereira, Paul M. Ridker, E. Shyong Tai, Rob M. van Dam, Ervin R. Fox, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Ching-Ti Liu, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Michael A. Province, Susan Redline, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Jerome I. Rotter, Charles B. Kooperberg, W. James Gauderman, Bruce M. Psaty, Kenneth Rice, Patricia B. Munroe, Myriam Fornage, L. Adrienne Cupples, Charles N. Rotimi, Alanna C. Morrison, Dabeeru C. Rao, and Ruth J. F. Loos
Subjects: Science
Abstract: GWAS have identified more than 500 genetic loci associated with blood lipid levels. Here, the authors report a genome-wide analysis of interactions between genetic markers and physical activity, and find that physical activity modifies the effects of four genetic loci on HDL or LDL cholesterol.
Published: 2019
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33. Global genetic diversity of human apolipoproteins and effects on cardiovascular disease risk [S]

Author: Yitian Zhou, Reedik Mägi, Lili Milani, and Volker M. Lauschke
Subjects: cholesterol, lipid traits, Alzheimer's disease, population genetics, Biochemistry, QD415-436
Abstract: Abnormal plasma apolipoprotein levels are consistently implicated in CVD risk. Although 30% to 60% of their interindividual variability is genetic, common genetic variants explain only 10% to 20% of these differences. Rare genetic variants may be major sources of the missing heritability, yet quantitative evaluations of their contribution to phenotypic variability are lacking. Here, we analyzed whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing data from 138,632 individuals across seven major human populations to present a systematic overview of genetic apolipoprotein variability. We provide population-specific frequencies of 38 clinically important apolipoprotein alleles and identify further 6,875 genetic variants, 33% of which are novel and 98.7% of which are rare with minor allele frequencies
Published: 2018
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34. Correction: Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria.

Author: Felix Day, Tugce Karaderi, Michelle R Jones, Cindy Meun, Chunyan He, Alex Drong, Peter Kraft, Nan Lin, Hongyan Huang, Linda Broer, Reedik Magi, Richa Saxena, Triin Laisk, Margrit Urbanek, M Geoffrey Hayes, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Juan Fernandez-Tajes, Anubha Mahajan, Benjamin H Mullin, Bronwyn G A Stuckey, Timothy D Spector, Scott G Wilson, Mark O Goodarzi, Lea Davis, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, André G Uitterlinden, Verneri Anttila, Benjamin M Neale, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Bart Fauser, Irina Kowalska, Jenny A Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken Ong, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, David Ehrmann, Richard S Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I McCarthy, Laure Morin-Papunen, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson, andMe Research Team, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, John R B Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M Lindgren, and Corrine K Welt
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007813.].
Published: 2019
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35. Publisher Correction: Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability

Author: Vasiliki Lagou, Reedik Mägi, Jouke- Jan Hottenga, Harald Grallert, John R. B. Perry, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Letizia Marullo, Denis Rybin, Rick Jansen, Josine L. Min, Antigone S. Dimas, Anna Ulrich, Liudmila Zudina, Jesper R. Gådin, Longda Jiang, Alessia Faggian, Amélie Bonnefond, Joao Fadista, Maria G. Stathopoulou, Aaron Isaacs, Sara M. Willems, Pau Navarro, Toshiko Tanaka, Anne U. Jackson, May E. Montasser, Jeff R. O’Connell, Lawrence F. Bielak, Rebecca J. Webster, Richa Saxena, Jeanette M. Stafford, Beate St Pourcain, Nicholas J. Timpson, Perttu Salo, So-Youn Shin, Najaf Amin, Albert V. Smith, Guo Li, Niek Verweij, Anuj Goel, Ian Ford, Paul C. D. Johnson, Toby Johnson, Karen Kapur, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Rona J. Strawbridge, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, Tõnu Esko, Evelin Mihailov, Tove Fall, Ross M. Fraser, Anubha Mahajan, Stavroula Kanoni, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Marcus E. Kleber, Günther Silbernagel, Julia Meyer, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Andrea Ganna, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Loic Yengo, Dmitry Shungin, Jian’an Luan, Momoko Horikoshi, Ping An, Serena Sanna, Yvonne Boettcher, N. William Rayner, Ilja M. Nolte, Tatijana Zemunik, Erik van Iperen, Peter Kovacs, Nicholas D. Hastie, Sarah H. Wild, Stela McLachlan, Susan Campbell, Ozren Polasek, Olga Carlson, Josephine Egan, Wieland Kiess, Gonneke Willemsen, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Maria Dimitriou, Andrew A. Hicks, Rainer Rauramaa, Stefania Bandinelli, Barbara Thorand, Yongmei Liu, Iva Miljkovic, Lars Lind, Alex Doney, Markus Perola, Aroon Hingorani, Mika Kivimaki, Meena Kumari, Amanda J. Bennett, Christopher J. Groves, Christian Herder, Heikki A. Koistinen, Leena Kinnunen, Ulf de Faire, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Matti Uusitupa, Colin N. A. Palmer, J. Wouter Jukema, Naveed Sattar, Anneli Pouta, Harold Snieder, Eric Boerwinkle, James S. Pankow, Patrik K. Magnusson, Ulrika Krus, Chiara Scapoli, Eco J. C. N. de Geus, Matthias Blüher, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Michael A. Province, Goncalo R. Abecasis, James B. Meigs, G. Kees Hovingh, Jaana Lindström, James F. Wilson, Alan F. Wright, George V. Dedoussis, Stefan R. Bornstein, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Anke Tönjes, Bernhard R. Winkelmann, Bernhard O. Boehm, Winfried März, Andres Metspalu, Jackie F. Price, Panos Deloukas, Antje Körner, Timo A. Lakka, Sirkka M. Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Timo E. Saaristo, Richard N. Bergman, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Nicholas J. Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, Satu Männistö, Paul W. Franks, Caroline Hayward, Veronique Vitart, Jaakko Kaprio, Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Beverley Balkau, David Altshuler, Igor Rudan, Michael Stumvoll, Harry Campbell, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Christian Gieger, Thomas Illig, Luigi Ferrucci, Nancy L. Pedersen, Peter P. Pramstaller, Michael Boehnke, Timothy M. Frayling, Alan R. Shuldiner, Patricia A. Peyser, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Lyle J. Palmer, Brenda W. Penninx, Pierre Meneton, Tamara B. Harris, Gerjan Navis, Pim van der Harst, George Davey Smith, Nita G. Forouhi, Ruth J. F. Loos, Veikko Salomaa, Nicole Soranzo, Dorret I. Boomsma, Leif Groop, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Albert Hofman, Patricia B. Munroe, Vilmundur Gudnason, David S. Siscovick, Hugh Watkins, Cecile Lecoeur, Peter Vollenweider, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Per Eriksson, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Kari Stefansson, Anders Hamsten, George Nicholson, Fredrik Karpe, Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Mark I. McCarthy, Philippe Froguel, Marika A. Kaakinen, Valeriya Lyssenko, Richard M. Watanabe, Erik Ingelsson, Jose C. Florez, Josée Dupuis, Inês Barroso, Andrew P. Morris, Inga Prokopenko, and Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-related traits Consortium (MAGIC)
Subjects: Science
Abstract: A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21276-3
Published: 2021
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36. Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity

Author: Peter K. Joshi, Nicola Pirastu, Katherine A. Kentistou, Krista Fischer, Edith Hofer, Katharina E. Schraut, David W. Clark, Teresa Nutile, Catriona L. K. Barnes, Paul R. H. J. Timmers, Xia Shen, Ilaria Gandin, Aaron F. McDaid, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Scott D. Gordon, Franco Giulianini, Thibaud S. Boutin, Abdel Abdellaoui, Wei Zhao, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Traci M. Bartz, Stella Trompet, Leslie A. Lange, Laura Raffield, Ashley van der Spek, Tessel E. Galesloot, Petroula Proitsi, Lisa R. Yanek, Lawrence F. Bielak, Antony Payton, Federico Murgia, Maria Pina Concas, Ginevra Biino, Salman M. Tajuddin, Ilkka Seppälä, Najaf Amin, Eric Boerwinkle, Anders D. Børglum, Archie Campbell, Ellen W. Demerath, Ilja Demuth, Jessica D. Faul, Ian Ford, Alessandro Gialluisi, Martin Gögele, MariaElisa Graff, Aroon Hingorani, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, David M. Hougaard, Mikko A. Hurme, M. Arfan Ikram, Marja Jylhä, Diana Kuh, Lannie Ligthart, Christina M. Lill, Ulman Lindenberger, Thomas Lumley, Reedik Mägi, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Sarah E. Medland, Lili Milani, Reka Nagy, William E. R. Ollier, Patricia A. Peyser, Peter P. Pramstaller, Paul M. Ridker, Fernando Rivadeneira, Daniela Ruggiero, Yasaman Saba, Reinhold Schmidt, Helena Schmidt, P. Eline Slagboom, Blair H. Smith, Jennifer A. Smith, Nona Sotoodehnia, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Frank J. A. van Rooij, André L. Verbeek, Sita H. Vermeulen, Peter Vollenweider, Yunpeng Wang, Thomas Werge, John B. Whitfield, Alan B. Zonderman, Terho Lehtimäki, Michele K. Evans, Mario Pirastu, Christian Fuchsberger, Lars Bertram, Neil Pendleton, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Marina Ciullo, Diane M. Becker, Andrew Wong, Bruce M. Psaty, Cornelia M. van Duijn, James G. Wilson, J. Wouter Jukema, Lambertus Kiemeney, André G. Uitterlinden, Nora Franceschini, Kari E. North, David R. Weir, Andres Metspalu, Dorret I. Boomsma, Caroline Hayward, Daniel Chasman, Nicholas G. Martin, Naveed Sattar, Harry Campbell, Tōnu Esko, Zoltán Kutalik, and James F. Wilson
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Variability in human longevity is genetically influenced. Using genetic data of parental lifespan, the authors identify associations at HLA-DQA/DRB1 and LPA and find that genetic variants that increase educational attainment have a positive effect on lifespan whereas increasing BMI negatively affects lifespan.
Published: 2017
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37. CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

Author: Aurélien Macé, Marcus A. Tuke, Patrick Deelen, Kati Kristiansson, Hannele Mattsson, Margit Nõukas, Yadav Sapkota, Ursula Schick, Eleonora Porcu, Sina Rüeger, Aaron F. McDaid, David Porteous, Thomas W. Winkler, Erika Salvi, Nick Shrine, Xueping Liu, Wei Q. Ang, Weihua Zhang, Mary F. Feitosa, Cristina Venturini, Peter J. van der Most, Anders Rosengren, Andrew R. Wood, Robin N. Beaumont, Samuel E. Jones, Katherine S. Ruth, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Jessica Tyrrell, Aki S. Havulinna, Harmen Boers, Reedik Mägi, Jennifer Kriebel, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Markus Perola, Markku Nieminen, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Mika Kähönen, Jorma S. Viikari, Frank Geller, Jari Lahti, Aarno Palotie, Päivikki Koponen, Annamari Lundqvist, Harri Rissanen, Erwin P. Bottinger, Saima Afaq, Mary K. Wojczynski, Petra Lenzini, Ilja M. Nolte, Thomas Sparsø, Nicole Schupf, Kaare Christensen, Thomas T. Perls, Anne B. Newman, Thomas Werge, Harold Snieder, Timothy D. Spector, John C. Chambers, Seppo Koskinen, Mads Melbye, Olli T. Raitakari, Terho Lehtimäki, Martin D. Tobin, Louise V. Wain, Juha Sinisalo, Annette Peters, Thomas Meitinger, Nicholas G. Martin, Naomi R. Wray, Grant W. Montgomery, Sarah E. Medland, Morris A. Swertz, Erkki Vartiainen, Katja Borodulin, Satu Männistö, Anna Murray, Murielle Bochud, Sébastien Jacquemont, Fernando Rivadeneira, Thomas F. Hansen, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Massimo Mangino, Michael A. Province, Panos Deloukas, Jaspal S. Kooner, Rachel M. Freathy, Craig Pennell, Bjarke Feenstra, David P. Strachan, Guillaume Lettre, Joel Hirschhorn, Daniele Cusi, Iris M. Heid, Caroline Hayward, Katrin Männik, Jacques S. Beckmann, Ruth J. F. Loos, Dale R. Nyholt, Andres Metspalu, Johan G. Eriksson, Michael N. Weedon, Veikko Salomaa, Lude Franke, Alexandre Reymond, Timothy M. Frayling, and Zoltán Kutalik
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Individual SNPs have small effects on anthropometric traits, yet the impact of CNVs has remained largely unknown. Here, Kutalik and co-workers perform a large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of structural variation and find rare CNVs associated with height, weight and BMI with large effect sizes.
Published: 2017
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38. DNA methylation changes in endometrium and correlation with gene expression during the transition from pre-receptive to receptive phase

Author: Viktorija Kukushkina, Vijayachitra Modhukur, Marina Suhorutšenko, Maire Peters, Reedik Mägi, Nilufer Rahmioglu, Agne Velthut-Meikas, Signe Altmäe, Francisco J. Esteban, Jaak Vilo, Krina Zondervan, Andres Salumets, and Triin Laisk-Podar
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: Abstract The inner uterine lining (endometrium) is a unique tissue going through remarkable changes each menstrual cycle. Endometrium has its characteristic DNA methylation profile, although not much is known about the endometrial methylome changes throughout the menstrual cycle. The impact of methylome changes on gene expression and thereby on the function of the tissue, including establishing receptivity to implanting embryo, is also unclear. Therefore, this study used genome-wide technologies to characterize the methylome and the correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression in endometrial biopsies collected from 17 healthy fertile-aged women from pre-receptive and receptive phase within one menstrual cycle. Our study showed that the overall methylome remains relatively stable during this stage of the menstrual cycle, with small-scale changes affecting 5% of the studied CpG sites (22,272 out of studied 437,022 CpGs, FDR
Published: 2017
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39. Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men.

Author: Jenny C Censin, Sanne A E Peters, Jonas Bovijn, Teresa Ferreira, Sara L Pulit, Reedik Mägi, Anubha Mahajan, Michael V Holmes, and Cecilia M Lindgren
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Obesity traits are causally implicated with risk of cardiometabolic diseases. It remains unclear whether there are similar causal effects of obesity traits on other non-communicable diseases. Also, it is largely unexplored whether there are any sex-specific differences in the causal effects of obesity traits on cardiometabolic diseases and other leading causes of death. We constructed sex-specific genetic risk scores (GRS) for three obesity traits; body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and WHR adjusted for BMI, including 565, 324, and 337 genetic variants, respectively. These GRSs were then used as instrumental variables to assess associations between the obesity traits and leading causes of mortality in the UK Biobank using Mendelian randomization. We also investigated associations with potential mediators, including smoking, glycemic and blood pressure traits. Sex-differences were subsequently assessed by Cochran's Q-test (Phet). A Mendelian randomization analysis of 228,466 women and 195,041 men showed that obesity causes coronary artery disease, stroke (particularly ischemic), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, type 2 and 1 diabetes mellitus, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic liver disease, and acute and chronic renal failure. Higher BMI led to higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women than in men (Phet = 1.4×10-5). Waist-hip-ratio led to a higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Phet = 3.7×10-6) and higher risk of chronic renal failure (Phet = 1.0×10-4) in men than women. Obesity traits have an etiological role in the majority of the leading global causes of death. Sex differences exist in the effects of obesity traits on risk of type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and renal failure, which may have downstream implications for public health.
Published: 2019
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40. An exploratory phenome wide association study linking asthma and liver disease genetic variants to electronic health records from the Estonian Biobank.

Author: Glen James, Sulev Reisberg, Kaido Lepik, Nicholas Galwey, Paul Avillach, Liis Kolberg, Reedik Mägi, Tõnu Esko, Myriam Alexander, Dawn Waterworth, A Katrina Loomis, and Jaak Vilo
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: The Estonian Biobank, governed by the Institute of Genomics at the University of Tartu (Biobank), has stored genetic material/DNA and continuously collected data since 2002 on a total of 52,274 individuals representing ~5% of the Estonian adult population and is increasing. To explore the utility of data available in the Biobank, we conducted a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) in two areas of interest to healthcare researchers; asthma and liver disease. We used 11 asthma and 13 liver disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), identified from published genome-wide association studies, to test our ability to detect established associations. We confirmed 2 asthma and 5 liver disease associated variants at nominal significance and directionally consistent with published results. We found 2 associations that were opposite to what was published before (rs4374383:AA increases risk of NASH/NAFLD, rs11597086 increases ALT level). Three SNP-diagnosis pairs passed the phenome-wide significance threshold: rs9273349 and E06 (thyroiditis, p = 5.50x10-8); rs9273349 and E10 (type-1 diabetes, p = 2.60x10-7); and rs2281135 and K76 (non-alcoholic liver diseases, including NAFLD, p = 4.10x10-7). We have validated our approach and confirmed the quality of the data for these conditions. Importantly, we demonstrate that the extensive amount of genetic and medical information from the Estonian Biobank can be successfully utilized for scientific research.
Published: 2019
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41. Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria.

Author: Felix Day, Tugce Karaderi, Michelle R Jones, Cindy Meun, Chunyan He, Alex Drong, Peter Kraft, Nan Lin, Hongyan Huang, Linda Broer, Reedik Magi, Richa Saxena, Triin Laisk, Margrit Urbanek, M Geoffrey Hayes, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Juan Fernandez-Tajes, Anubha Mahajan, Benjamin H Mullin, Bronwyn G A Stuckey, Timothy D Spector, Scott G Wilson, Mark O Goodarzi, Lea Davis, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, André G Uitterlinden, Verneri Anttila, Benjamin M Neale, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Bart Fauser, Irina Kowalska, Jenny A Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken Ong, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, David Ehrmann, Richard S Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I McCarthy, Laure Morin-Papunen, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson, andMe Research Team, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, John R B Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M Lindgren, and Corrine K Welt
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovarian morphology. Affected women frequently have metabolic disturbances including insulin resistance and dysregulation of glucose homeostasis. PCOS is diagnosed with two different sets of diagnostic criteria, resulting in a phenotypic spectrum of PCOS cases. The genetic similarities between cases diagnosed based on the two criteria have been largely unknown. Previous studies in Chinese and European subjects have identified 16 loci associated with risk of PCOS. We report a fixed-effect, inverse-weighted-variance meta-analysis from 10,074 PCOS cases and 103,164 controls of European ancestry and characterisation of PCOS related traits. We identified 3 novel loci (near PLGRKT, ZBTB16 and MAPRE1), and provide replication of 11 previously reported loci. Only one locus differed significantly in its association by diagnostic criteria; otherwise the genetic architecture was similar between PCOS diagnosed by self-report and PCOS diagnosed by NIH or non-NIH Rotterdam criteria across common variants at 13 loci. Identified variants were associated with hyperandrogenism, gonadotropin regulation and testosterone levels in affected women. Linkage disequilibrium score regression analysis revealed genetic correlations with obesity, fasting insulin, type 2 diabetes, lipid levels and coronary artery disease, indicating shared genetic architecture between metabolic traits and PCOS. Mendelian randomization analyses suggested variants associated with body mass index, fasting insulin, menopause timing, depression and male-pattern balding play a causal role in PCOS. The data thus demonstrate 3 novel loci associated with PCOS and similar genetic architecture for all diagnostic criteria. The data also provide the first genetic evidence for a male phenotype for PCOS and a causal link to depression, a previously hypothesized comorbid disease. Thus, the genetics provide a comprehensive view of PCOS that encompasses multiple diagnostic criteria, gender, reproductive potential and mental health.
Published: 2018
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42. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

Author: Janina S. Ried, Janina Jeff M., Audrey Y. Chu, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Jenny van Dongen, Jennifer E. Huffman, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Gemma Cadby, Niina Eklund, Joel Eriksson, Tõnu Esko, Mary F. Feitosa, Anuj Goel, Mathias Gorski, Caroline Hayward, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Anne U. Jackson, Eero Jokinen, Stavroula Kanoni, Kati Kristiansson, Zoltán Kutalik, Jari Lahti, Jian'an Luan, Reedik Mägi, Anubha Mahajan, Massimo Mangino, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Keri L. Monda, Ilja M. Nolte, Louis Pérusse, Inga Prokopenko, Lu Qi, Lynda M. Rose, Erika Salvi, Megan T. Smith, Harold Snieder, Alena Stančáková, Yun Ju Sung, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Alexander Teumer, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Pim van der Harst, Ryan W. Walker, Sophie R. Wang, Sarah H. Wild, Sara M. Willems, Andrew Wong, Weihua Zhang, Eva Albrecht, Alexessander Couto Alves, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Cristina Barlassina, Traci M. Bartz, John Beilby, Claire Bellis, Richard N. Bergman, Sven Bergmann, John Blangero, Matthias Blüher, Eric Boerwinkle, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Stefan R. Bornstein, Marcel Bruinenberg, Harry Campbell, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Charleston W. K. Chiang, Peter S. Chines, Francis S Collins, Fracensco Cucca, L Adrienne Cupples, Francesca D’Avila, Eco J .C. de Geus, George Dedoussis, Maria Dimitriou, Angela Döring, Johan G. Eriksson, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Martin Farrall, Teresa Ferreira, Krista Fischer, Nita G. Forouhi, Nele Friedrich, Anette Prior Gjesing, Nicola Glorioso, Mariaelisa Graff, Harald Grallert, Niels Grarup, Jürgen Gräßler, Jagvir Grewal, Anders Hamsten, Marie Neergaard Harder, Catharina A. Hartman, Maija Hassinen, Nicholas Hastie, Andrew Tym Hattersley, Aki S. Havulinna, Markku Heliövaara, Hans Hillege, Albert Hofman, Oddgeir Holmen, Georg Homuth, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Jennie Hui, Lise Lotte Husemoen, Pirro G. Hysi, Aaron Isaacs, Till Ittermann, Shapour Jalilzadeh, Alan L. James, Torben Jørgensen, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti Jula, Johanne Marie Justesen, Anne E. Justice, Mika Kähönen, Maria Karaleftheri, Kay Tee Khaw, Sirkka M. Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Leena Kinnunen, Paul B. Knekt, Heikki A. Koistinen, Ivana Kolcic, Ishminder K. Kooner, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Theodosios Kyriakou, Tomi Laitinen, Claudia Langenberg, Alexandra M. Lewin, Peter Lichtner, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Jaana Lindström, Allan Linneberg, Roberto Lorbeer, Mattias Lorentzon, Robert Luben, Valeriya Lyssenko, Satu Männistö, Paolo Manunta, Irene Mateo Leach, Wendy L. McArdle, Barbara Mcknight, Karen L. Mohlke, Evelin Mihailov, Lili Milani, Rebecca Mills, May E. Montasser, Andrew P. Morris, Gabriele Müller, Arthur W. Musk, Narisu Narisu, Ken K. Ong, Ben A. Oostra, Clive Osmond, Aarno Palotie, James S. Pankow, Lavinia Paternoster, Brenda W. Penninx, Irene Pichler, Maria G. Pilia, Ozren Polašek, Peter P. Pramstaller, Olli T Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, D. C. Rao, Nigel W. Rayner, Rasmus Ribel-Madsen, Treva K. Rice, Marcus Richards, Paul M. Ridker, Fernando Rivadeneira, Kathy A. Ryan, Serena Sanna, Mark A. Sarzynski, Salome Scholtens, Robert A. Scott, Sylvain Sebert, Lorraine Southam, Thomas Hempel Sparsø, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Kathleen Stirrups, Ronald P. Stolk, Konstantin Strauch, Heather M. Stringham, Morris A. Swertz, Amy J. Swift, Anke Tönjes, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Peter J. van der Most, Jana V. Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Liesbeth Vandenput, Erkki Vartiainen, Cristina Venturini, Niek Verweij, Jorma S. Viikari, Veronique Vitart, Marie-Claude Vohl, Judith M. Vonk, Gérard Waeber, Elisabeth Widén, Gonneke Willemsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Thomas W. Winkler, Alan F. Wright, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Jing Hua Zhao, M. Carola Zillikens, Dorret I. Boomsma, Claude Bouchard, John C. Chambers, Daniel I. Chasman, Daniele Cusi, Ron T. Gansevoort, Christian Gieger, Torben Hansen, Andrew A. Hicks, Frank Hu, Kristian Hveem, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Eero Kajantie, Jaspal S. Kooner, Diana Kuh, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Timo A. Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Andres Metspalu, Inger Njølstad, Claes Ohlsson, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Lyle J. Palmer, Oluf Pedersen, Markus Perola, Annette Peters, Bruce M. Psaty, Hannu Puolijoki, Rainer Rauramaa, Igor Rudan, Veikko Salomaa, Peter E. H. Schwarz, Alan R. Shudiner, Jan H. Smit, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Timothy D. Spector, Kari Stefansson, Michael Stumvoll, Angelo Tremblay, Jaakko Tuomilehto, André G. Uitterlinden, Matti Uusitupa, Uwe Völker, Peter Vollenweider, Nicholas J. Wareham, Hugh Watkins, James F. Wilson, Eleftheria Zeggini, Goncalo R. Abecasis, Michael Boehnke, Ingrid B. Borecki, Panos Deloukas, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Caroline Fox, Leif C. Groop, Iris M. Heid, David J. Hunter, Robert C. Kaplan, Mark I. McCarthy, Kari E. North, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, David Schlessinger, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, David P. Strachan, Timothy Frayling, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, and Ruth J. F. Loos
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Past genome-wide associate studies have identified hundreds of genetic loci that influence body size and shape when examined one trait at a time. Here, Jeff and colleagues develop an aggregate score of various body traits, and use meta-analysis to find new loci linked to body shape.
Published: 2016
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43. New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Author: Yingchang Lu, Felix R. Day, Stefan Gustafsson, Martin L. Buchkovich, Jianbo Na, Veronique Bataille, Diana L. Cousminer, Zari Dastani, Alexander W. Drong, Tõnu Esko, David M. Evans, Mario Falchi, Mary F. Feitosa, Teresa Ferreira, Åsa K. Hedman, Robin Haring, Pirro G. Hysi, Mark M. Iles, Anne E. Justice, Stavroula Kanoni, Vasiliki Lagou, Rui Li, Xin Li, Adam Locke, Chen Lu, Reedik Mägi, John R. B. Perry, Tune H. Pers, Qibin Qi, Marianna Sanna, Ellen M. Schmidt, William R. Scott, Dmitry Shungin, Alexander Teumer, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Ryan W. Walker, Harm-Jan Westra, Mingfeng Zhang, Weihua Zhang, Jing Hua Zhao, Zhihong Zhu, Uzma Afzal, Tarunveer Singh Ahluwalia, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Claire Bellis, Amélie Bonnefond, Katja Borodulin, Aron S. Buchman, Tommy Cederholm, Audrey C. Choh, Hyung Jin Choi, Joanne E. Curran, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot, Philip L. De Jager, Rosalie A. M. Dhonukshe-Rutten, Anke W. Enneman, Elodie Eury, Daniel S. Evans, Tom Forsen, Nele Friedrich, Frédéric Fumeron, Melissa E. Garcia, Simone Gärtner, Bok-Ghee Han, Aki S. Havulinna, Caroline Hayward, Dena Hernandez, Hans Hillege, Till Ittermann, Jack W. Kent, Ivana Kolcic, Tiina Laatikainen, Jari Lahti, Irene Mateo Leach, Christine G. Lee, Jong-Young Lee, Tian Liu, Youfang Liu, Stéphane Lobbens, Marie Loh, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Karl Michaëlsson, Mike A. Nalls, Carrie M. Nielson, Laticia Oozageer, Laura Pascoe, Lavinia Paternoster, Ozren Polašek, Samuli Ripatti, Mark A. Sarzynski, Chan Soo Shin, Nina Smolej Narančić, Dominik Spira, Priya Srikanth, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Yun Ju Sung, Karin M. A. Swart, Leena Taittonen, Toshiko Tanaka, Emmi Tikkanen, Nathalie van der Velde, Natasja M. van Schoor, Niek Verweij, Alan F. Wright, Lei Yu, Joseph M. Zmuda, Niina Eklund, Terrence Forrester, Niels Grarup, Anne U. Jackson, Kati Kristiansson, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Johanna Kuusisto, Peter Lichtner, Jian'an Luan, Anubha Mahajan, Satu Männistö, Cameron D. Palmer, Janina S. Ried, Robert A. Scott, Alena Stancáková, Peter J. Wagner, Ayse Demirkan, Angela Döring, Vilmundur Gudnason, Douglas P. Kiel, Brigitte Kühnel, Massimo Mangino, Barbara Mcknight, Cristina Menni, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, Ben A. Oostra, Alan R. Shuldiner, Kijoung Song, Liesbeth Vandenput, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Peter Vollenweider, Charles C. White, Michael Boehnke, Yvonne Boettcher, Richard S. Cooper, Nita G. Forouhi, Christian Gieger, Harald Grallert, Aroon Hingorani, Torben Jørgensen, Pekka Jousilahti, Mika Kivimaki, Meena Kumari, Markku Laakso, Claudia Langenberg, Allan Linneberg, Amy Luke, Colin A. Mckenzie, Aarno Palotie, Oluf Pedersen, Annette Peters, Konstantin Strauch, Bamidele O. Tayo, Nicholas J. Wareham, David A. Bennett, Lars Bertram, John Blangero, Matthias Blüher, Claude Bouchard, Harry Campbell, Nam H. Cho, Steven R. Cummings, Stefan A. Czerwinski, Ilja Demuth, Rahel Eckardt, Johan G. Eriksson, Luigi Ferrucci, Oscar H. Franco, Philippe Froguel, Ron T. Gansevoort, Torben Hansen, Tamara B. Harris, Nicholas Hastie, Markku Heliövaara, Albert Hofman, Joanne M. Jordan, Antti Jula, Mika Kähönen, Eero Kajantie, Paul B. Knekt, Seppo Koskinen, Peter Kovacs, Terho Lehtimäki, Lars Lind, Yongmei Liu, Eric S. Orwoll, Clive Osmond, Markus Perola, Louis Pérusse, Olli T. Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, D. C. Rao, Treva K. Rice, Fernando Rivadeneira, Igor Rudan, Veikko Salomaa, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Michael Stumvoll, Anke Tönjes, Bradford Towne, Gregory J. Tranah, Angelo Tremblay, André G. Uitterlinden, Pim van der Harst, Erkki Vartiainen, Jorma S. Viikari, Veronique Vitart, Marie-Claude Vohl, Henry Völzke, Mark Walker, Henri Wallaschofski, Sarah Wild, James F. Wilson, Loïc Yengo, D. Timothy Bishop, Ingrid B. Borecki, John C. Chambers, L. Adrienne Cupples, Abbas Dehghan, Panos Deloukas, Ghazaleh Fatemifar, Caroline Fox, Terrence S. Furey, Lude Franke, Jiali Han, David J. Hunter, Juha Karjalainen, Fredrik Karpe, Robert C. Kaplan, Jaspal S. Kooner, Mark I. McCarthy, Joanne M. Murabito, Andrew P. Morris, Julia A. N. Bishop, Kari E. North, Claes Ohlsson, Ken K. Ong, Inga Prokopenko, J. Brent Richards, Eric E. Schadt, Tim D. Spector, Elisabeth Widén, Cristen J. Willer, Jian Yang, Erik Ingelsson, Karen L. Mohlke, Joel N. Hirschhorn, John Andrew Pospisilik, M. Carola Zillikens, Cecilia Lindgren, Tuomas Oskari Kilpeläinen, and Ruth J. F. Loos
Subjects: Science
Abstract: A genome-wide association meta-analysis study here shows novel genetic loci to be associated to body fat percentage, and describes cross-phenotype association that further demonstrate a close relationship between adiposity and cardiovascular disease risk.
Published: 2016
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44. Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

Author: Cristian Pattaro, Alexander Teumer, Mathias Gorski, Audrey Y. Chu, Man Li, Vladan Mijatovic, Maija Garnaas, Adrienne Tin, Rossella Sorice, Yong Li, Daniel Taliun, Matthias Olden, Meredith Foster, Qiong Yang, Ming-Huei Chen, Tune H. Pers, Andrew D. Johnson, Yi-An Ko, Christian Fuchsberger, Bamidele Tayo, Michael Nalls, Mary F. Feitosa, Aaron Isaacs, Abbas Dehghan, Pio d’Adamo, Adebowale Adeyemo, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Alan B. Zonderman, Ilja M. Nolte, Peter J. van der Most, Alan F. Wright, Alan R. Shuldiner, Alanna C. Morrison, Albert Hofman, Albert V. Smith, Albert W. Dreisbach, Andre Franke, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Andres Metspalu, Anke Tonjes, Antonio Lupo, Antonietta Robino, Åsa Johansson, Ayse Demirkan, Barbara Kollerits, Barry I. Freedman, Belen Ponte, Ben A. Oostra, Bernhard Paulweber, Bernhard K. Krämer, Braxton D. Mitchell, Brendan M. Buckley, Carmen A. Peralta, Caroline Hayward, Catherine Helmer, Charles N. Rotimi, Christian M. Shaffer, Christian Müller, Cinzia Sala, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Aude Saint-Pierre, Daniel Ackermann, Daniel Shriner, Daniela Ruggiero, Daniela Toniolo, Yingchang Lu, Daniele Cusi, Darina Czamara, David Ellinghaus, David S. Siscovick, Douglas Ruderfer, Christian Gieger, Harald Grallert, Elena Rochtchina, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Eric Boerwinkle, Erika Salvi, Erwin P. Bottinger, Federico Murgia, Fernando Rivadeneira, Florian Ernst, Florian Kronenberg, Frank B. Hu, Gerjan J. Navis, Gary C. Curhan, George B. Ehret, Georg Homuth, Stefan Coassin, Gian-Andri Thun, Giorgio Pistis, Giovanni Gambaro, Giovanni Malerba, Grant W. Montgomery, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Gunnar Jacobs, Guo Li, H-Erich Wichmann, Harry Campbell, Helena Schmidt, Henri Wallaschofski, Henry Völzke, Hermann Brenner, Heyo K. Kroemer, Holly Kramer, Honghuang Lin, I. Mateo Leach, Ian Ford, Idris Guessous, Igor Rudan, Inga Prokopenko, Ingrid Borecki, Iris M. Heid, Ivana Kolcic, Ivana Persico, J. Wouter Jukema, James F. Wilson, Janine F. Felix, Jasmin Divers, Jean-Charles Lambert, Jeanette M. Stafford, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Jennifer A. Smith, Jessica D. Faul, Jie Jin Wang, Jingzhong Ding, Joel N. Hirschhorn, John Attia, John B. Whitfield, John Chalmers, Jorma Viikari, Josef Coresh, Joshua C. Denny, Juha Karjalainen, Jyotika K. Fernandes, Karlhans Endlich, Katja Butterbach, Keith L. Keene, Kurt Lohman, Laura Portas, Lenore J. Launer, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Loic Yengo, Lude Franke, Luigi Ferrucci, Lynda M. Rose, Lyudmyla Kedenko, Madhumathi Rao, Maksim Struchalin, Marcus E. Kleber, Margherita Cavalieri, Margot Haun, Marilyn C. Cornelis, Marina Ciullo, Mario Pirastu, Mariza de Andrade, Mark A. McEvoy, Mark Woodward, Martin Adam, Massimiliano Cocca, Matthias Nauck, Medea Imboden, Melanie Waldenberger, Menno Pruijm, Marie Metzger, Michael Stumvoll, Michele K. Evans, Michele M. Sale, Mika Kähönen, Mladen Boban, Murielle Bochud, Myriam Rheinberger, Niek Verweij, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Nicholas G. Martin, Nick Hastie, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Nicole Soranzo, Olivier Devuyst, Olli Raitakari, Omri Gottesman, Oscar H. Franco, Ozren Polasek, Paolo Gasparini, Patricia B. Munroe, Paul M. Ridker, Paul Mitchell, Paul Muntner, Christa Meisinger, Johannes H. Smit, ICBP Consortium, AGEN Consortium, CARDIOGRAM, CHARGe-Heart Failure Group, ECHOGen Consortium, Peter Kovacs, Philipp S. Wild, Philippe Froguel, Rainer Rettig, Reedik Mägi, Reiner Biffar, Reinhold Schmidt, Rita P. S. Middelberg, Robert J. Carroll, Brenda W. Penninx, Rodney J. Scott, Ronit Katz, Sanaz Sedaghat, Sarah H. Wild, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Sheila Ulivi, Shih-Jen Hwang, Stefan Enroth, Stefan Kloiber, Stella Trompet, Benedicte Stengel, Stephen J. Hancock, Stephen T. Turner, Sylvia E. Rosas, Sylvia Stracke, Tamara B. Harris, Tanja Zeller, Tatijana Zemunik, Terho Lehtimäki, Thomas Illig, Thor Aspelund, Tiit Nikopensius, Tonu Esko, Toshiko Tanaka, Ulf Gyllensten, Uwe Völker, Valur Emilsson, Veronique Vitart, Ville Aalto, Vilmundur Gudnason, Vincent Chouraki, Wei-Min Chen, Wilmar Igl, Winfried März, Wolfgang Koenig, Wolfgang Lieb, Ruth J. F. Loos, Yongmei Liu, Harold Snieder, Peter P. Pramstaller, Afshin Parsa, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Katalin Susztak, Pavel Hamet, Johanne Tremblay, Ian H. de Boer, Carsten A. Böger, Wolfram Goessling, Daniel I. Chasman, Anna Köttgen, W. H. Linda Kao, and Caroline S. Fox
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Reduced glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a hallmark of chronic kidney disease. Here, Pattaro et al. conduct a meta-analysis to discover several new loci associated with variation in eGFR and find that genes associated with eGFR loci often encode proteins potentially related to kidney development.
Published: 2016
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45. Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.

Author: Mary F Feitosa, Aldi T Kraja, Daniel I Chasman, Yun J Sung, Thomas W Winkler, Ioanna Ntalla, Xiuqing Guo, Nora Franceschini, Ching-Yu Cheng, Xueling Sim, Dina Vojinovic, Jonathan Marten, Solomon K Musani, Changwei Li, Amy R Bentley, Michael R Brown, Karen Schwander, Melissa A Richard, Raymond Noordam, Hugues Aschard, Traci M Bartz, Lawrence F Bielak, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Virginia Fisher, Fernando P Hartwig, Andrea R V R Horimoto, Kurt K Lohman, Alisa K Manning, Tuomo Rankinen, Albert V Smith, Salman M Tajuddin, Mary K Wojczynski, Maris Alver, Mathilde Boissel, Qiuyin Cai, Archie Campbell, Jin Fang Chai, Xu Chen, Jasmin Divers, Chuan Gao, Anuj Goel, Yanick Hagemeijer, Sarah E Harris, Meian He, Fang-Chi Hsu, Anne U Jackson, Mika Kähönen, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Pirjo Komulainen, Brigitte Kühnel, Federica Laguzzi, Jian'an Luan, Nana Matoba, Ilja M Nolte, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Muhammad Riaz, Rico Rueedi, Antonietta Robino, M Abdullah Said, Robert A Scott, Tamar Sofer, Alena Stančáková, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Bamidele O Tayo, Peter J van der Most, Tibor V Varga, Veronique Vitart, Yajuan Wang, Erin B Ware, Helen R Warren, Stefan Weiss, Wanqing Wen, Lisa R Yanek, Weihua Zhang, Jing Hua Zhao, Saima Afaq, Najaf Amin, Marzyeh Amini, Dan E Arking, Tin Aung, Eric Boerwinkle, Ingrid Borecki, Ulrich Broeckel, Morris Brown, Marco Brumat, Gregory L Burke, Mickaël Canouil, Aravinda Chakravarti, Sabanayagam Charumathi, Yii-Der Ida Chen, John M Connell, Adolfo Correa, Lisa de Las Fuentes, Renée de Mutsert, H Janaka de Silva, Xuan Deng, Jingzhong Ding, Qing Duan, Charles B Eaton, Georg Ehret, Ruben N Eppinga, Evangelos Evangelou, Jessica D Faul, Stephan B Felix, Nita G Forouhi, Terrence Forrester, Oscar H Franco, Yechiel Friedlander, Ilaria Gandin, He Gao, Mohsen Ghanbari, Bruna Gigante, C Charles Gu, Dongfeng Gu, Saskia P Hagenaars, Göran Hallmans, Tamara B Harris, Jiang He, Sami Heikkinen, Chew-Kiat Heng, Makoto Hirata, Barbara V Howard, M Arfan Ikram, InterAct Consortium, Ulrich John, Tomohiro Katsuya, Chiea Chuen Khor, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Woon-Puay Koh, José E Krieger, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Michiaki Kubo, Johanna Kuusisto, Timo A Lakka, Carl D Langefeld, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J Launer, Benjamin Lehne, Cora E Lewis, Yize Li, Shiow Lin, Jianjun Liu, Jingmin Liu, Marie Loh, Tin Louie, Reedik Mägi, Colin A McKenzie, Thomas Meitinger, Andres Metspalu, Yuri Milaneschi, Lili Milani, Karen L Mohlke, Yukihide Momozawa, Mike A Nalls, Christopher P Nelson, Nona Sotoodehnia, Jill M Norris, Jeff R O'Connell, Nicholette D Palmer, Thomas Perls, Nancy L Pedersen, Annette Peters, Patricia A Peyser, Neil Poulter, Leslie J Raffel, Olli T Raitakari, Kathryn Roll, Lynda M Rose, Frits R Rosendaal, Jerome I Rotter, Carsten O Schmidt, Pamela J Schreiner, Nicole Schupf, William R Scott, Peter S Sever, Yuan Shi, Stephen Sidney, Mario Sims, Colleen M Sitlani, Jennifer A Smith, Harold Snieder, John M Starr, Konstantin Strauch, Heather M Stringham, Nicholas Y Q Tan, Hua Tang, Kent D Taylor, Yik Ying Teo, Yih Chung Tham, Stephen T Turner, André G Uitterlinden, Peter Vollenweider, Melanie Waldenberger, Lihua Wang, Ya Xing Wang, Wen Bin Wei, Christine Williams, Jie Yao, Caizheng Yu, Jian-Min Yuan, Wei Zhao, Alan B Zonderman, Diane M Becker, Michael Boehnke, Donald W Bowden, John C Chambers, Ian J Deary, Tõnu Esko, Martin Farrall, Paul W Franks, Barry I Freedman, Philippe Froguel, Paolo Gasparini, Christian Gieger, Jost Bruno Jonas, Yoichiro Kamatani, Norihiro Kato, Jaspal S Kooner, Zoltán Kutalik, Markku Laakso, Cathy C Laurie, Karin Leander, Terho Lehtimäki, Lifelines Cohort Study, Patrik K E Magnusson, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Brenda W J H Penninx, Ozren Polasek, David J Porteous, Rainer Rauramaa, Nilesh J Samani, James Scott, Xiao-Ou Shu, Pim van der Harst, Lynne E Wagenknecht, Nicholas J Wareham, Hugh Watkins, David R Weir, Ananda R Wickremasinghe, Tangchun Wu, Wei Zheng, Claude Bouchard, Kaare Christensen, Michele K Evans, Vilmundur Gudnason, Bernardo L Horta, Sharon L R Kardia, Yongmei Liu, Alexandre C Pereira, Bruce M Psaty, Paul M Ridker, Rob M van Dam, W James Gauderman, Xiaofeng Zhu, Dennis O Mook-Kanamori, Myriam Fornage, Charles N Rotimi, L Adrienne Cupples, Tanika N Kelly, Ervin R Fox, Caroline Hayward, Cornelia M van Duijn, E Shyong Tai, Tien Yin Wong, Charles Kooperberg, Walter Palmas, Kenneth Rice, Alanna C Morrison, Paul Elliott, Mark J Caulfield, Patricia B Munroe, Dabeeru C Rao, Michael A Province, and Daniel Levy
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: Heavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for hypertension; the mechanism by which alcohol consumption impact blood pressure (BP) regulation remains unknown. We hypothesized that a genome-wide association study accounting for gene-alcohol consumption interaction for BP might identify additional BP loci and contribute to the understanding of alcohol-related BP regulation. We conducted a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions. In Stage 1, genome-wide discovery meta-analyses in ≈131K individuals across several ancestry groups yielded 3,514 SNVs (245 loci) with suggestive evidence of association (P < 1.0 x 10-5). In Stage 2, these SNVs were tested for independent external replication in ≈440K individuals across multiple ancestries. We identified and replicated (at Bonferroni correction threshold) five novel BP loci (380 SNVs in 21 genes) and 49 previously reported BP loci (2,159 SNVs in 109 genes) in European ancestry, and in multi-ancestry meta-analyses (P < 5.0 x 10-8). For African ancestry samples, we detected 18 potentially novel BP loci (P < 5.0 x 10-8) in Stage 1 that warrant further replication. Additionally, correlated meta-analysis identified eight novel BP loci (11 genes). Several genes in these loci (e.g., PINX1, GATA4, BLK, FTO and GABBR2) have been previously reported to be associated with alcohol consumption. These findings provide insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension.
Published: 2018
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46. Correction: Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.

Author: Mariaelisa Graff, Robert A Scott, Anne E Justice, Kristin L Young, Mary F Feitosa, Llilda Barata, Thomas W Winkler, Audrey Y Chu, Anubha Mahajan, David Hadley, Luting Xue, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Marcel den Hoed, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Qibin Qi, Julius S Ngwa, Frida Renström, Lydia Quaye, John D Eicher, James E Hayes, Marilyn Cornelis, Zoltan Kutalik, Elise Lim, Jian'an Luan, Jennifer E Huffman, Weihua Zhang, Wei Zhao, Paula J Griffin, Toomas Haller, Shafqat Ahmad, Pedro M Marques-Vidal, Stephanie Bien, Loic Yengo, Alexander Teumer, Albert Vernon Smith, Meena Kumari, Marie Neergaard Harder, Johanne Marie Justesen, Marcus E Kleber, Mette Hollensted, Kurt Lohman, Natalia V Rivera, John B Whitfield, Jing Hua Zhao, Heather M Stringham, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Charlotte Huppertz, Gonneke Willemsen, Wouter J Peyrot, Ying Wu, Kati Kristiansson, Ayse Demirkan, Myriam Fornage, Maija Hassinen, Lawrence F Bielak, Gemma Cadby, Toshiko Tanaka, Reedik Mägi, Peter J van der Most, Anne U Jackson, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Veronique Vitart, Jonathan Marten, Pau Navarro, Claire Bellis, Dorota Pasko, Åsa Johansson, Søren Snitker, Yu-Ching Cheng, Joel Eriksson, Unhee Lim, Mette Aadahl, Linda S Adair, Najaf Amin, Beverley Balkau, Juha Auvinen, John Beilby, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Alain G Bertoni, John Blangero, Amélie Bonnefond, Lori L Bonnycastle, Judith B Borja, Søren Brage, Fabio Busonero, Steve Buyske, Harry Campbell, Peter S Chines, Francis S Collins, Tanguy Corre, George Davey Smith, Graciela E Delgado, Nicole Dueker, Marcus Dörr, Tapani Ebeling, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Tõnu Esko, Jessica D Faul, Mao Fu, Kristine Færch, Christian Gieger, Sven Gläser, Jian Gong, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Harald Grallert, Tanja B Grammer, Niels Grarup, Gerard van Grootheest, Kennet Harald, Nicholas D Hastie, Aki S Havulinna, Dena Hernandez, Lucia Hindorff, Lynne J Hocking, Oddgeir L Holmens, Christina Holzapfel, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Jie Huang, Tao Huang, Jennie Hui, Cornelia Huth, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Alan L James, John-Olov Jansson, Min A Jhun, Markus Juonala, Leena Kinnunen, Heikki A Koistinen, Ivana Kolcic, Pirjo Komulainen, Johanna Kuusisto, Kirsti Kvaløy, Mika Kähönen, Timo A Lakka, Lenore J Launer, Benjamin Lehne, Cecilia M Lindgren, Mattias Lorentzon, Robert Luben, Michel Marre, Yuri Milaneschi, Keri L Monda, Grant W Montgomery, Marleen H M De Moor, Antonella Mulas, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, A W Musk, Reija Männikkö, Satu Männistö, Narisu Narisu, Matthias Nauck, Jennifer A Nettleton, Ilja M Nolte, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Matthias Olden, Ken K Ong, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Lavinia Paternoster, Jeremiah Perez, Markus Perola, Annette Peters, Ulrike Peters, Patricia A Peyser, Inga Prokopenko, Hannu Puolijoki, Olli T Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Rajesh Rawal, Paul M Ridker, Lynda M Rose, Igor Rudan, Cinzia Sarti, Mark A Sarzynski, Kai Savonen, William R Scott, Serena Sanna, Alan R Shuldiner, Steve Sidney, Günther Silbernagel, Blair H Smith, Jennifer A Smith, Harold Snieder, Alena Stančáková, Barbara Sternfeld, Amy J Swift, Tuija Tammelin, Sian-Tsung Tan, Barbara Thorand, Dorothée Thuillier, Liesbeth Vandenput, Henrik Vestergaard, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Marie-Claude Vohl, Uwe Völker, Gérard Waeber, Mark Walker, Sarah Wild, Andrew Wong, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Niha Zubair, Christopher A Haiman, Loic Lemarchand, Ulf Gyllensten, Claes Ohlsson, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, André G Uitterlinden, Louis Pérusse, James F Wilson, Caroline Hayward, Ozren Polasek, Francesco Cucca, Kristian Hveem, Catharina A Hartman, Anke Tönjes, Stefania Bandinelli, Lyle J Palmer, Sharon L R Kardia, Rainer Rauramaa, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Veikko Salomaa, Brenda W J H Penninx, Eco J C de Geus, Dorret I Boomsma, Terho Lehtimäki, Massimo Mangino, Markku Laakso, Claude Bouchard, Nicholas G Martin, Diana Kuh, Yongmei Liu, Allan Linneberg, Winfried März, Konstantin Strauch, Mika Kivimäki, Tamara B Harris, Vilmundur Gudnason, Henry Völzke, Lu Qi, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, John C Chambers, Jaspal S Kooner, Philippe Froguel, Charles Kooperberg, Peter Vollenweider, Göran Hallmans, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Andres Metspalu, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, David R Weir, David J Porteous, Eric Boerwinkle, Daniel I Chasman, CHARGE Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, PAGE Consortium, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Inês Barroso, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy M Frayling, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Cornelia M van Duijn, Michael Boehnke, Iris M Heid, Karen L Mohlke, David P Strachan, Caroline S Fox, Ching-Ti Liu, Joel N Hirschhorn, Robert J Klein, Andrew D Johnson, Ingrid B Borecki, Paul W Franks, Kari E North, L Adrienne Cupples, Ruth J F Loos, and Tuomas O Kilpeläinen
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006528.].
Published: 2017
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47. Ranking and characterization of established BMI and lipid associated loci as candidates for gene-environment interactions.

Author: Dmitry Shungin, Wei Q Deng, Tibor V Varga, Jian'an Luan, Evelin Mihailov, Andres Metspalu, GIANT Consortium, Andrew P Morris, Nita G Forouhi, Cecilia Lindgren, Patrik K E Magnusson, Nancy L Pedersen, Göran Hallmans, Audrey Y Chu, Anne E Justice, Mariaelisa Graff, Thomas W Winkler, Lynda M Rose, Claudia Langenberg, L Adrienne Cupples, Paul M Ridker, Nicholas J Wareham, Ken K Ong, Ruth J F Loos, Daniel I Chasman, Erik Ingelsson, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Robert A Scott, Reedik Mägi, Guillaume Paré, and Paul W Franks
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Phenotypic variance heterogeneity across genotypes at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may reflect underlying gene-environment (G×E) or gene-gene interactions. We modeled variance heterogeneity for blood lipids and BMI in up to 44,211 participants and investigated relationships between variance effects (Pv), G×E interaction effects (with smoking and physical activity), and marginal genetic effects (Pm). Correlations between Pv and Pm were stronger for SNPs with established marginal effects (Spearman's ρ = 0.401 for triglycerides, and ρ = 0.236 for BMI) compared to all SNPs. When Pv and Pm were compared for all pruned SNPs, only BMI was statistically significant (Spearman's ρ = 0.010). Overall, SNPs with established marginal effects were overrepresented in the nominally significant part of the Pv distribution (Pbinomial
Published: 2017
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48. Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.

Author: Mariaelisa Graff, Robert A Scott, Anne E Justice, Kristin L Young, Mary F Feitosa, Llilda Barata, Thomas W Winkler, Audrey Y Chu, Anubha Mahajan, David Hadley, Luting Xue, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Marcel den Hoed, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Qibin Qi, Julius S Ngwa, Frida Renström, Lydia Quaye, John D Eicher, James E Hayes, Marilyn Cornelis, Zoltan Kutalik, Elise Lim, Jian'an Luan, Jennifer E Huffman, Weihua Zhang, Wei Zhao, Paula J Griffin, Toomas Haller, Shafqat Ahmad, Pedro M Marques-Vidal, Stephanie Bien, Loic Yengo, Alexander Teumer, Albert Vernon Smith, Meena Kumari, Marie Neergaard Harder, Johanne Marie Justesen, Marcus E Kleber, Mette Hollensted, Kurt Lohman, Natalia V Rivera, John B Whitfield, Jing Hua Zhao, Heather M Stringham, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Charlotte Huppertz, Gonneke Willemsen, Wouter J Peyrot, Ying Wu, Kati Kristiansson, Ayse Demirkan, Myriam Fornage, Maija Hassinen, Lawrence F Bielak, Gemma Cadby, Toshiko Tanaka, Reedik Mägi, Peter J van der Most, Anne U Jackson, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Veronique Vitart, Jonathan Marten, Pau Navarro, Claire Bellis, Dorota Pasko, Åsa Johansson, Søren Snitker, Yu-Ching Cheng, Joel Eriksson, Unhee Lim, Mette Aadahl, Linda S Adair, Najaf Amin, Beverley Balkau, Juha Auvinen, John Beilby, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Alain G Bertoni, John Blangero, Amélie Bonnefond, Lori L Bonnycastle, Judith B Borja, Søren Brage, Fabio Busonero, Steve Buyske, Harry Campbell, Peter S Chines, Francis S Collins, Tanguy Corre, George Davey Smith, Graciela E Delgado, Nicole Dueker, Marcus Dörr, Tapani Ebeling, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Tõnu Esko, Jessica D Faul, Mao Fu, Kristine Færch, Christian Gieger, Sven Gläser, Jian Gong, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Harald Grallert, Tanja B Grammer, Niels Grarup, Gerard van Grootheest, Kennet Harald, Nicholas D Hastie, Aki S Havulinna, Dena Hernandez, Lucia Hindorff, Lynne J Hocking, Oddgeir L Holmens, Christina Holzapfel, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Jie Huang, Tao Huang, Jennie Hui, Cornelia Huth, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Alan L James, John-Olov Jansson, Min A Jhun, Markus Juonala, Leena Kinnunen, Heikki A Koistinen, Ivana Kolcic, Pirjo Komulainen, Johanna Kuusisto, Kirsti Kvaløy, Mika Kähönen, Timo A Lakka, Lenore J Launer, Benjamin Lehne, Cecilia M Lindgren, Mattias Lorentzon, Robert Luben, Michel Marre, Yuri Milaneschi, Keri L Monda, Grant W Montgomery, Marleen H M De Moor, Antonella Mulas, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, A W Musk, Reija Männikkö, Satu Männistö, Narisu Narisu, Matthias Nauck, Jennifer A Nettleton, Ilja M Nolte, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Matthias Olden, Ken K Ong, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Lavinia Paternoster, Jeremiah Perez, Markus Perola, Annette Peters, Ulrike Peters, Patricia A Peyser, Inga Prokopenko, Hannu Puolijoki, Olli T Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Rajesh Rawal, Paul M Ridker, Lynda M Rose, Igor Rudan, Cinzia Sarti, Mark A Sarzynski, Kai Savonen, William R Scott, Serena Sanna, Alan R Shuldiner, Steve Sidney, Günther Silbernagel, Blair H Smith, Jennifer A Smith, Harold Snieder, Alena Stančáková, Barbara Sternfeld, Amy J Swift, Tuija Tammelin, Sian-Tsung Tan, Barbara Thorand, Dorothée Thuillier, Liesbeth Vandenput, Henrik Vestergaard, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Marie-Claude Vohl, Uwe Völker, Gérard Waeber, Mark Walker, Sarah Wild, Andrew Wong, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Niha Zubair, Christopher A Haiman, Loic Lemarchand, Ulf Gyllensten, Claes Ohlsson, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, André G Uitterlinden, Louis Pérusse, James F Wilson, Caroline Hayward, Ozren Polasek, Francesco Cucca, Kristian Hveem, Catharina A Hartman, Anke Tönjes, Stefania Bandinelli, Lyle J Palmer, Sharon L R Kardia, Rainer Rauramaa, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Veikko Salomaa, Brenda W J H Penninx, Eco J C de Geus, Dorret I Boomsma, Terho Lehtimäki, Massimo Mangino, Markku Laakso, Claude Bouchard, Nicholas G Martin, Diana Kuh, Yongmei Liu, Allan Linneberg, Winfried März, Konstantin Strauch, Mika Kivimäki, Tamara B Harris, Vilmundur Gudnason, Henry Völzke, Lu Qi, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, John C Chambers, Jaspal S Kooner, Philippe Froguel, Charles Kooperberg, Peter Vollenweider, Göran Hallmans, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Andres Metspalu, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, David R Weir, David J Porteous, Eric Boerwinkle, Daniel I Chasman, CHARGE Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, PAGE Consortium, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Inês Barroso, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy M Frayling, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Cornelia M van Duijn, Michael Boehnke, Iris M Heid, Karen L Mohlke, David P Strachan, Caroline S Fox, Ching-Ti Liu, Joel N Hirschhorn, Robert J Klein, Andrew D Johnson, Ingrid B Borecki, Paul W Franks, Kari E North, L Adrienne Cupples, Ruth J F Loos, and Tuomas O Kilpeläinen
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Physical activity (PA) may modify the genetic effects that give rise to increased risk of obesity. To identify adiposity loci whose effects are modified by PA, we performed genome-wide interaction meta-analyses of BMI and BMI-adjusted waist circumference and waist-hip ratio from up to 200,452 adults of European (n = 180,423) or other ancestry (n = 20,029). We standardized PA by categorizing it into a dichotomous variable where, on average, 23% of participants were categorized as inactive and 77% as physically active. While we replicate the interaction with PA for the strongest known obesity-risk locus in the FTO gene, of which the effect is attenuated by ~30% in physically active individuals compared to inactive individuals, we do not identify additional loci that are sensitive to PA. In additional genome-wide meta-analyses adjusting for PA and interaction with PA, we identify 11 novel adiposity loci, suggesting that accounting for PA or other environmental factors that contribute to variation in adiposity may facilitate gene discovery.
Published: 2017
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49. Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.

Author: Thomas W Winkler, Anne E Justice, Mariaelisa Graff, Llilda Barata, Mary F Feitosa, Su Chu, Jacek Czajkowski, Tõnu Esko, Tove Fall, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Yingchang Lu, Reedik Mägi, Evelin Mihailov, Tune H Pers, Sina Rüeger, Alexander Teumer, Georg B Ehret, Teresa Ferreira, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Juha Karjalainen, Vasiliki Lagou, Anubha Mahajan, Michael D Neinast, Inga Prokopenko, Jeannette Simino, Tanya M Teslovich, Rick Jansen, Harm-Jan Westra, Charles C White, Devin Absher, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Shafqat Ahmad, Eva Albrecht, Alexessander Couto Alves, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Anton J M de Craen, Joshua C Bis, Amélie Bonnefond, Gabrielle Boucher, Gemma Cadby, Yu-Ching Cheng, Charleston W K Chiang, Graciela Delgado, Ayse Demirkan, Nicole Dueker, Niina Eklund, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Joel Eriksson, Bjarke Feenstra, Krista Fischer, Francesca Frau, Tessel E Galesloot, Frank Geller, Anuj Goel, Mathias Gorski, Tanja B Grammer, Stefan Gustafsson, Saskia Haitjema, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Jennifer E Huffman, Anne U Jackson, Kevin B Jacobs, Åsa Johansson, Marika Kaakinen, Marcus E Kleber, Jari Lahti, Irene Mateo Leach, Benjamin Lehne, Youfang Liu, Ken Sin Lo, Mattias Lorentzon, Jian'an Luan, Pamela A F Madden, Massimo Mangino, Barbara McKnight, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Keri L Monda, May E Montasser, Gabriele Müller, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Ilja M Nolte, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Laura Pascoe, Lavinia Paternoster, Nigel W Rayner, Frida Renström, Federica Rizzi, Lynda M Rose, Kathy A Ryan, Perttu Salo, Serena Sanna, Hubert Scharnagl, Jianxin Shi, Albert Vernon Smith, Lorraine Southam, Alena Stančáková, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Rona J Strawbridge, Yun Ju Sung, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Toshiko Tanaka, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Stella Trompet, Natalia Pervjakova, Jonathan P Tyrer, Liesbeth Vandenput, Sander W van der Laan, Nathalie van der Velde, Jessica van Setten, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Niek Verweij, Efthymia Vlachopoulou, Lindsay L Waite, Sophie R Wang, Zhaoming Wang, Sarah H Wild, Christina Willenborg, James F Wilson, Andrew Wong, Jian Yang, Loïc Yengo, Laura M Yerges-Armstrong, Lei Yu, Weihua Zhang, Jing Hua Zhao, Ehm A Andersson, Stephan J L Bakker, Damiano Baldassarre, Karina Banasik, Matteo Barcella, Cristina Barlassina, Claire Bellis, Paola Benaglio, John Blangero, Matthias Blüher, Fabrice Bonnet, Lori L Bonnycastle, Heather A Boyd, Marcel Bruinenberg, Aron S Buchman, Harry Campbell, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Peter S Chines, Simone Claudi-Boehm, John Cole, Francis S Collins, Eco J C de Geus, Lisette C P G M de Groot, Maria Dimitriou, Jubao Duan, Stefan Enroth, Elodie Eury, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Nita G Forouhi, Nele Friedrich, Pablo V Gejman, Bruna Gigante, Nicola Glorioso, Alan S Go, Omri Gottesman, Jürgen Gräßler, Harald Grallert, Niels Grarup, Yu-Mei Gu, Linda Broer, Annelies C Ham, Torben Hansen, Tamara B Harris, Catharina A Hartman, Maija Hassinen, Nicholas Hastie, Andrew T Hattersley, Andrew C Heath, Anjali K Henders, Dena Hernandez, Hans Hillege, Oddgeir Holmen, Kees G Hovingh, Jennie Hui, Lise L Husemoen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Pirro G Hysi, Thomas Illig, Philip L De Jager, Shapour Jalilzadeh, Torben Jørgensen, J Wouter Jukema, Markus Juonala, Stavroula Kanoni, Maria Karaleftheri, Kay Tee Khaw, Leena Kinnunen, Steven J Kittner, Wolfgang Koenig, Ivana Kolcic, Peter Kovacs, Nikolaj T Krarup, Wolfgang Kratzer, Janine Krüger, Diana Kuh, Meena Kumari, Theodosios Kyriakou, Claudia Langenberg, Lars Lannfelt, Chiara Lanzani, Vaneet Lotay, Lenore J Launer, Karin Leander, Jaana Lindström, Allan Linneberg, Yan-Ping Liu, Stéphane Lobbens, Robert Luben, Valeriya Lyssenko, Satu Männistö, Patrik K Magnusson, Wendy L McArdle, Cristina Menni, Sigrun Merger, Lili Milani, Grant W Montgomery, Andrew P Morris, Narisu Narisu, Mari Nelis, Ken K Ong, Aarno Palotie, Louis Pérusse, Irene Pichler, Maria G Pilia, Anneli Pouta, Myriam Rheinberger, Rasmus Ribel-Madsen, Marcus Richards, Kenneth M Rice, Treva K Rice, Carlo Rivolta, Veikko Salomaa, Alan R Sanders, Mark A Sarzynski, Salome Scholtens, Robert A Scott, William R Scott, Sylvain Sebert, Sebanti Sengupta, Bengt Sennblad, Thomas Seufferlein, Angela Silveira, P Eline Slagboom, Jan H Smit, Thomas H Sparsø, Kathleen Stirrups, Ronald P Stolk, Heather M Stringham, Morris A Swertz, Amy J Swift, Ann-Christine Syvänen, Sian-Tsung Tan, Barbara Thorand, Anke Tönjes, Angelo Tremblay, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Peter J van der Most, Uwe Völker, Marie-Claude Vohl, Judith M Vonk, Melanie Waldenberger, Ryan W Walker, Roman Wennauer, Elisabeth Widén, Gonneke Willemsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Suzanne C van Dijk, Natasja M van Schoor, Folkert W Asselbergs, Paul I W de Bakker, Jacques S Beckmann, John Beilby, David A Bennett, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Carsten A Böger, Bernhard O Boehm, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I Boomsma, Stefan R Bornstein, Erwin P Bottinger, Claude Bouchard, John C Chambers, Stephen J Chanock, Daniel I Chasman, Francesco Cucca, Daniele Cusi, George Dedoussis, Jeanette Erdmann, Johan G Eriksson, Denis A Evans, Ulf de Faire, Martin Farrall, Luigi Ferrucci, Ian Ford, Lude Franke, Paul W Franks, Philippe Froguel, Ron T Gansevoort, Christian Gieger, Henrik Grönberg, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Per Hall, Anders Hamsten, Pim van der Harst, Caroline Hayward, Markku Heliövaara, Christian Hengstenberg, Andrew A Hicks, Aroon Hingorani, Albert Hofman, Frank Hu, Heikki V Huikuri, Kristian Hveem, Alan L James, Joanne M Jordan, Antti Jula, Mika Kähönen, Eero Kajantie, Sekar Kathiresan, Lambertus A L M Kiemeney, Mika Kivimaki, Paul B Knekt, Heikki A Koistinen, Jaspal S Kooner, Seppo Koskinen, Johanna Kuusisto, Winfried Maerz, Nicholas G Martin, Markku Laakso, Timo A Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Guillaume Lettre, Douglas F Levinson, Lars Lind, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Pekka Mäntyselkä, Mads Melbye, Andres Metspalu, Braxton D Mitchell, Frans L Moll, Jeffrey C Murray, Arthur W Musk, Markku S Nieminen, Inger Njølstad, Claes Ohlsson, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Ben A Oostra, Lyle J Palmer, James S Pankow, Gerard Pasterkamp, Nancy L Pedersen, Oluf Pedersen, Brenda W Penninx, Markus Perola, Annette Peters, Ozren Polašek, Peter P Pramstaller, Bruce M Psaty, Lu Qi, Thomas Quertermous, Olli T Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, Rainer Rauramaa, Paul M Ridker, John D Rioux, Fernando Rivadeneira, Jerome I Rotter, Igor Rudan, Hester M den Ruijter, Juha Saltevo, Naveed Sattar, Heribert Schunkert, Peter E H Schwarz, Alan R Shuldiner, Juha Sinisalo, Harold Snieder, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Tim D Spector, Jan A Staessen, Bandinelli Stefania, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Michael Stumvoll, Jean-Claude Tardif, Elena Tremoli, Jaakko Tuomilehto, André G Uitterlinden, Matti Uusitupa, André L M Verbeek, Sita H Vermeulen, Jorma S Viikari, Veronique Vitart, Henry Völzke, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Mark Walker, Henri Wallaschofski, Nicholas J Wareham, Hugh Watkins, Eleftheria Zeggini, arcOGEN Consortium, CHARGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, ICBP Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, Aravinda Chakravarti, Deborah J Clegg, L Adrienne Cupples, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Cashell E Jaquish, D C Rao, Goncalo R Abecasis, Themistocles L Assimes, Inês Barroso, Sonja I Berndt, Michael Boehnke, Panos Deloukas, Caroline S Fox, Leif C Groop, David J Hunter, Erik Ingelsson, Robert C Kaplan, Mark I McCarthy, Karen L Mohlke, Jeffrey R O'Connell, David Schlessinger, David P Strachan, Kari Stefansson, Cornelia M van Duijn, Joel N Hirschhorn, Cecilia M Lindgren, Iris M Heid, Kari E North, Ingrid B Borecki, Zoltán Kutalik, and Ruth J F Loos
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005378.].
Published: 2016
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50. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.

Author: Thomas W Winkler, Anne E Justice, Mariaelisa Graff, Llilda Barata, Mary F Feitosa, Su Chu, Jacek Czajkowski, Tõnu Esko, Tove Fall, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Yingchang Lu, Reedik Mägi, Evelin Mihailov, Tune H Pers, Sina Rüeger, Alexander Teumer, Georg B Ehret, Teresa Ferreira, Nancy L Heard-Costa, Juha Karjalainen, Vasiliki Lagou, Anubha Mahajan, Michael D Neinast, Inga Prokopenko, Jeannette Simino, Tanya M Teslovich, Rick Jansen, Harm-Jan Westra, Charles C White, Devin Absher, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Shafqat Ahmad, Eva Albrecht, Alexessander Couto Alves, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Anton J M de Craen, Joshua C Bis, Amélie Bonnefond, Gabrielle Boucher, Gemma Cadby, Yu-Ching Cheng, Charleston W K Chiang, Graciela Delgado, Ayse Demirkan, Nicole Dueker, Niina Eklund, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Joel Eriksson, Bjarke Feenstra, Krista Fischer, Francesca Frau, Tessel E Galesloot, Frank Geller, Anuj Goel, Mathias Gorski, Tanja B Grammer, Stefan Gustafsson, Saskia Haitjema, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Jennifer E Huffman, Anne U Jackson, Kevin B Jacobs, Åsa Johansson, Marika Kaakinen, Marcus E Kleber, Jari Lahti, Irene Mateo Leach, Benjamin Lehne, Youfang Liu, Ken Sin Lo, Mattias Lorentzon, Jian'an Luan, Pamela A F Madden, Massimo Mangino, Barbara McKnight, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Keri L Monda, May E Montasser, Gabriele Müller, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Ilja M Nolte, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Laura Pascoe, Lavinia Paternoster, Nigel W Rayner, Frida Renström, Federica Rizzi, Lynda M Rose, Kathy A Ryan, Perttu Salo, Serena Sanna, Hubert Scharnagl, Jianxin Shi, Albert Vernon Smith, Lorraine Southam, Alena Stančáková, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Rona J Strawbridge, Yun Ju Sung, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Toshiko Tanaka, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Stella Trompet, Natalia Pervjakova, Jonathan P Tyrer, Liesbeth Vandenput, Sander W van der Laan, Nathalie van der Velde, Jessica van Setten, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Niek Verweij, Efthymia Vlachopoulou, Lindsay L Waite, Sophie R Wang, Zhaoming Wang, Sarah H Wild, Christina Willenborg, James F Wilson, Andrew Wong, Jian Yang, Loïc Yengo, Laura M Yerges-Armstrong, Lei Yu, Weihua Zhang, Jing Hua Zhao, Ehm A Andersson, Stephan J L Bakker, Damiano Baldassarre, Karina Banasik, Matteo Barcella, Cristina Barlassina, Claire Bellis, Paola Benaglio, John Blangero, Matthias Blüher, Fabrice Bonnet, Lori L Bonnycastle, Heather A Boyd, Marcel Bruinenberg, Aron S Buchman, Harry Campbell, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Peter S Chines, Simone Claudi-Boehm, John Cole, Francis S Collins, Eco J C de Geus, Lisette C P G M de Groot, Maria Dimitriou, Jubao Duan, Stefan Enroth, Elodie Eury, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Nita G Forouhi, Nele Friedrich, Pablo V Gejman, Bruna Gigante, Nicola Glorioso, Alan S Go, Omri Gottesman, Jürgen Gräßler, Harald Grallert, Niels Grarup, Yu-Mei Gu, Linda Broer, Annelies C Ham, Torben Hansen, Tamara B Harris, Catharina A Hartman, Maija Hassinen, Nicholas Hastie, Andrew T Hattersley, Andrew C Heath, Anjali K Henders, Dena Hernandez, Hans Hillege, Oddgeir Holmen, Kees G Hovingh, Jennie Hui, Lise L Husemoen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Pirro G Hysi, Thomas Illig, Philip L De Jager, Shapour Jalilzadeh, Torben Jørgensen, J Wouter Jukema, Markus Juonala, Stavroula Kanoni, Maria Karaleftheri, Kay Tee Khaw, Leena Kinnunen, Steven J Kittner, Wolfgang Koenig, Ivana Kolcic, Peter Kovacs, Nikolaj T Krarup, Wolfgang Kratzer, Janine Krüger, Diana Kuh, Meena Kumari, Theodosios Kyriakou, Claudia Langenberg, Lars Lannfelt, Chiara Lanzani, Vaneet Lotay, Lenore J Launer, Karin Leander, Jaana Lindström, Allan Linneberg, Yan-Ping Liu, Stéphane Lobbens, Robert Luben, Valeriya Lyssenko, Satu Männistö, Patrik K Magnusson, Wendy L McArdle, Cristina Menni, Sigrun Merger, Lili Milani, Grant W Montgomery, Andrew P Morris, Narisu Narisu, Mari Nelis, Ken K Ong, Aarno Palotie, Louis Pérusse, Irene Pichler, Maria G Pilia, Anneli Pouta, Myriam Rheinberger, Rasmus Ribel-Madsen, Marcus Richards, Kenneth M Rice, Treva K Rice, Carlo Rivolta, Veikko Salomaa, Alan R Sanders, Mark A Sarzynski, Salome Scholtens, Robert A Scott, William R Scott, Sylvain Sebert, Sebanti Sengupta, Bengt Sennblad, Thomas Seufferlein, Angela Silveira, P Eline Slagboom, Jan H Smit, Thomas H Sparsø, Kathleen Stirrups, Ronald P Stolk, Heather M Stringham, Morris A Swertz, Amy J Swift, Ann-Christine Syvänen, Sian-Tsung Tan, Barbara Thorand, Anke Tönjes, Angelo Tremblay, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Peter J van der Most, Uwe Völker, Marie-Claude Vohl, Judith M Vonk, Melanie Waldenberger, Ryan W Walker, Roman Wennauer, Elisabeth Widén, Gonneke Willemsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Alan F Wright, M Carola Zillikens, Suzanne C van Dijk, Natasja M van Schoor, Folkert W Asselbergs, Paul I W de Bakker, Jacques S Beckmann, John Beilby, David A Bennett, Richard N Bergman, Sven Bergmann, Carsten A Böger, Bernhard O Boehm, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I Boomsma, Stefan R Bornstein, Erwin P Bottinger, Claude Bouchard, John C Chambers, Stephen J Chanock, Daniel I Chasman, Francesco Cucca, Daniele Cusi, George Dedoussis, Jeanette Erdmann, Johan G Eriksson, Denis A Evans, Ulf de Faire, Martin Farrall, Luigi Ferrucci, Ian Ford, Lude Franke, Paul W Franks, Philippe Froguel, Ron T Gansevoort, Christian Gieger, Henrik Grönberg, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ulf Gyllensten, Per Hall, Anders Hamsten, Pim van der Harst, Caroline Hayward, Markku Heliövaara, Christian Hengstenberg, Andrew A Hicks, Aroon Hingorani, Albert Hofman, Frank Hu, Heikki V Huikuri, Kristian Hveem, Alan L James, Joanne M Jordan, Antti Jula, Mika Kähönen, Eero Kajantie, Sekar Kathiresan, Lambertus A L M Kiemeney, Mika Kivimaki, Paul B Knekt, Heikki A Koistinen, Jaspal S Kooner, Seppo Koskinen, Johanna Kuusisto, Winfried Maerz, Nicholas G Martin, Markku Laakso, Timo A Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Guillaume Lettre, Douglas F Levinson, Lars Lind, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Pekka Mäntyselkä, Mads Melbye, Andres Metspalu, Braxton D Mitchell, Frans L Moll, Jeffrey C Murray, Arthur W Musk, Markku S Nieminen, Inger Njølstad, Claes Ohlsson, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Ben A Oostra, Lyle J Palmer, James S Pankow, Gerard Pasterkamp, Nancy L Pedersen, Oluf Pedersen, Brenda W Penninx, Markus Perola, Annette Peters, Ozren Polašek, Peter P Pramstaller, Bruce M Psaty, Lu Qi, Thomas Quertermous, Olli T Raitakari, Tuomo Rankinen, Rainer Rauramaa, Paul M Ridker, John D Rioux, Fernando Rivadeneira, Jerome I Rotter, Igor Rudan, Hester M den Ruijter, Juha Saltevo, Naveed Sattar, Heribert Schunkert, Peter E H Schwarz, Alan R Shuldiner, Juha Sinisalo, Harold Snieder, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Tim D Spector, Jan A Staessen, Bandinelli Stefania, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Michael Stumvoll, Jean-Claude Tardif, Elena Tremoli, Jaakko Tuomilehto, André G Uitterlinden, Matti Uusitupa, André L M Verbeek, Sita H Vermeulen, Jorma S Viikari, Veronique Vitart, Henry Völzke, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Mark Walker, Henri Wallaschofski, Nicholas J Wareham, Hugh Watkins, Eleftheria Zeggini, CHARGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GLGC Consortium, Global-BPGen Consortium, ICBP Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, Aravinda Chakravarti, Deborah J Clegg, L Adrienne Cupples, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Cashell E Jaquish, D C Rao, Goncalo R Abecasis, Themistocles L Assimes, Inês Barroso, Sonja I Berndt, Michael Boehnke, Panos Deloukas, Caroline S Fox, Leif C Groop, David J Hunter, Erik Ingelsson, Robert C Kaplan, Mark I McCarthy, Karen L Mohlke, Jeffrey R O'Connell, David Schlessinger, David P Strachan, Kari Stefansson, Cornelia M van Duijn, Joel N Hirschhorn, Cecilia M Lindgren, Iris M Heid, Kari E North, Ingrid B Borecki, Zoltán Kutalik, and Ruth J F Loos
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age- and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to ~2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men ≤50y, men >50y, women ≤50y, women >50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR
Published: 2015
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