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1. Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

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Spracklen, Cassandra N, Chen, Peng, Kim, Young Jin, Wang, Xu, Cai, Hui, Li, Shengxu, Long, Jirong, Wu, Ying, Wang, Ya Xing, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Wu, Jer-Yuarn, Jung, Keum-Ji, Hu, Cheng, Akiyama, Koichi, Zhang, Yonghong, Moon, Sanghoon, Johnson, Todd A, Li, Huaixing, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, He, Meian, Cannon, Maren E, Roman, Tamara S, Salfati, Elias, Lin, Keng-Hung, Guo, Xiuqing, Sheu, Wayne HH, Absher, Devin, Adair, Linda S, Assimes, Themistocles L, Aung, Tin, Cai, Qiuyin, Chang, Li-Ching, Chen, Chien-Hsiun, Chien, Li-Hsin, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Chuang, Shu-Chun, Du, Shufa, Fan, Qiao, Fann, Cathy SJ, Feranil, Alan B, Friedlander, Yechiel, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gu, Dongfeng, Gui, Lixuan, Guo, Zhirong, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hixson, James, Hou, Xuhong, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Hu, Yao, Hwang, Mi Yeong, Hwu, Chii-Min, Isono, Masato, Juang, Jyh-Ming Jimmy, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Kim, Yun Kyoung, Koh, Woon-Puay, Kubo, Michiaki, Lee, I-Te, Lee, Sun-Ju, Lee, Wen-Jane, Liang, Kae-Woei, Lim, Blanche, Lim, Sing-Hui, Liu, Jianjun, Nabika, Toru, Pan, Wen-Harn, Peng, Hao, Quertermous, Thomas, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Sandow, Kevin, Shi, Jinxiu, Sun, Liang, Tan, Pok Chien, Tan, Shu-Pei, Taylor, Kent D, Teo, Yik-Ying, Toh, Sue-Anne, Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, van Dam, Rob M, Wang, Aili, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Jie, Bin Wei, Wen, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zhang, Rong, Zhao, Wanting, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Rich, Stephen S, Rotter, Jerome I, Wang, Tzung-Dau, Wu, Tangchun, Lin, Xu, Han, Bok-Ghee, Tanaka, Toshihiro, Cho, Yoon Shin, Katsuya, Tomohiro, and Jia, Weiping

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Genetics, Human Genome, Atherosclerosis, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Adult, Alleles, Asian People, Cholesterol, Ethnicity, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Lipids, Lipoproteins, HDL, Lipoproteins, LDL, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Triglycerides, White People, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
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Large-scale meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >175 loci associated with fasting cholesterol levels, including total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TG). With differences in linkage disequilibrium (LD) structure and allele frequencies between ancestry groups, studies in additional large samples may detect new associations. We conducted staged GWAS meta-analyses in up to 69,414 East Asian individuals from 24 studies with participants from Japan, the Philippines, Korea, China, Singapore, and Taiwan. These meta-analyses identified (P

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2017

2. Synthetic artificial intelligence using generative adversarial network for retinal imaging in detection of age-related macular degeneration

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Wang, Zhaoran, primary, Lim, Gilbert, additional, Ng, Wei Yan, additional, Tan, Tien-En, additional, Lim, Jane, additional, Lim, Sing Hui, additional, Foo, Valencia, additional, Lim, Joshua, additional, Sinisterra, Laura Gutierrez, additional, Zheng, Feihui, additional, Liu, Nan, additional, Tan, Gavin Siew Wei, additional, Cheng, Ching-Yu, additional, Cheung, Gemmy Chui Ming, additional, Wong, Tien Yin, additional, and Ting, Daniel Shu Wei, additional

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2023
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9. Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis

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Wheeler, Eleanor, Leong, Aaron, Liu, Ching-Ti, Hivert, Marie-France, Strawbridge, Rona J., Podmore, Clara, Li, Man, Yao, Jie, Sim, Xueling, Hong, Jaeyoung, Chu, Audrey Y., Zhang, Weihua, Wang, Xu, Chen, Peng, Maruthur, Nisa M., Porneala, Bianca C., Sharp, Stephen J., Jia, Yucheng, Kabagambe, Edmond K., Chang, Li-Ching, Chen, Wei-Min, Elks, Cathy E., Evans, Daniel S., Fan, Qiao, Giulianini, Franco, Go, Min Jin, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hu, Yao, Jackson, Anne U., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kim, Young Jin, Kleber, Marcus E., Ladenvall, Claes, Lecoeur, Cecile, Lim, Sing-Hui, Lu, Yingchang, Mahajan, Anubha, Marzi, Carola, Nalls, Mike A., Navarro, Pau, Nolte, Ilja M., Rose, Lynda M., Rybin, Denis V., Sanna, Serena, Shi, Yuan, Stram, Daniel O., Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Tan, Shu Pei, van der Most, Peter J., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Wong, Andrew, Yengo, Loic, Zhao, Wanting, Goel, Anuj, Martinez Larrad, Maria Teresa, Radke, Dörte, Salo, Perttu, Tanaka, Toshiko, van Iperen, Erik P. A., Abecasis, Goncalo, Afaq, Saima, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bertoni, Alain G., Bonnefond, Amelie, Böttcher, Yvonne, Bottinger, Erwin P., Campbell, Harry, Carlson, Olga D., Chen, Chien-Hsiun, Cho, Yoon Shin, Garvey, W. Timothy, Gieger, Christian, Goodarzi, Mark O., Grallert, Harald, Hamsten, Anders, Hartman, Catharina A., Herder, Christian, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Huang, Jie, Igase, Michiya, Isono, Masato, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Kiess, Wieland, Kohara, Katsuhiko, Kovacs, Peter, Lee, Juyoung, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lehne, Benjamin, Li, Huaixing, Liu, Jianjun, Lobbens, Stephane, Luan, Jian'an, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Meitinger, Thomas, Miki, Tetsuro, Miljkovic, Iva, Moon, Sanghoon, Mulas, Antonella, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nagaraja, Ramaiah, Nauck, Matthias, Pankow, James S., Polasek, Ozren, Prokopenko, Inga, Ramos, Paula S., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Neil R., Roden, Michael, Roussel, Ronan, Rudan, Igor, Scott, Robert A., Scott, William R., Sennblad, Bengt, Siscovick, David S., Strauch, Konstantin, Sun, Liang, Swertz, Morris, Tajuddin, Salman M., Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik-Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Tönjes, Anke, Wareham, Nicholas J., Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Hingorani, Aroon D., Egan, Josephine, Ferrucci, Luigi, Hovingh, G. Kees, Jula, Antti, Kivimaki, Mika, Kumari, Meena, Njølstad, Inger, Palmer, Colin N. A., Serrano Ríos, Manuel, Stumvoll, Michael, Watkins, Hugh, Aung, Tin, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bornstein, Stefan R., Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chen, Yduan-Tsong, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Cucca, Francesco, de Geus, Eco J. C., Deloukas, Panos, Evans, Michele K., Fornage, Myriam, Friedlander, Yechiel, Froguel, Philippe, Groop, Leif, Gross, Myron D., Harris, Tamara B., Hayward, Caroline, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Ingelsson, Erik, Kato, Norihiro, Kim, Bong-Jo, Koh, Woon-Puay, Kooner, Jaspal S., Körner, Antje, Kuh, Diana, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lin, Xu, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth J. F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., März, Winfried, McCarthy, Mark I., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ong, Ken K., Pedersen, Nancy L., Pereira, Mark A., Peters, Annette, Ridker, Paul M., Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Sale, Michele, Saleheen, Danish, Saltevo, Juha, Schwarz, Peter EH., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Snieder, Harold, Spector, Timothy D., Tabara, Yasuharu, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, van Dam, Rob M., Wilson, James G., Wilson, James F., Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wong, Tien Yin, Wu, Jer-Yuarn, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Soranzo, Nicole, Guo, Xiuqing, Roberts, David J., Florez, Jose C., Sladek, Robert, Dupuis, Josée, Morris, Andrew P., Tai, E-Shyong, Selvin, Elizabeth, Rotter, Jerome I., Langenberg, Claudia, Barroso, Inês, and Meigs, James B.

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Genotypes -- Research, African Americans -- Analysis -- Health aspects, Type 2 diabetes -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis, Biological sciences
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Background Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to diagnose type 2 diabetes (T2D) and assess glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 18 HbA1c-associated genetic variants. These variants proved to be classifiable by their likely biological action as erythrocytic (also associated with erythrocyte traits) or glycemic (associated with other glucose-related traits). In this study, we tested the hypotheses that, in a very large scale GWAS, we would identify more genetic variants associated with HbA1c and that HbA1c variants implicated in erythrocytic biology would affect the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. We therefore expanded the number of HbA1c-associated loci and tested the effect of genetic risk-scores comprised of erythrocytic or glycemic variants on incident diabetes prediction and on prevalent diabetes screening performance. Throughout this multiancestry study, we kept a focus on interancestry differences in HbA1c genetics performance that might influence race-ancestry differences in health outcomes. Methods & findings Using genome-wide association meta-analyses in up to 159,940 individuals from 82 cohorts of European, African, East Asian, and South Asian ancestry, we identified 60 common genetic variants associated with HbA1c. We classified variants as implicated in glycemic, erythrocytic, or unclassified biology and tested whether additive genetic scores of erythrocytic variants (GS-E) or glycemic variants (GS-G) were associated with higher T2D incidence in multiethnic longitudinal cohorts (N = 33,241). Nineteen glycemic and 22 erythrocytic variants were associated with HbA1c at genome-wide significance. GS-G was associated with higher T2D risk (incidence OR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.04-1.06, per HbA1c-raising allele, p = 3 x 10.sup.-29 ); whereas GS-E was not (OR = 1.00, 95% CI 0.99-1.01, p = 0.60). In Europeans and Asians, erythrocytic variants in aggregate had only modest effects on the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. Yet, in African Americans, the X-linked G6PD G202A variant (T-allele frequency 11%) was associated with an absolute decrease in HbA1c of 0.81%-units (95% CI 0.66-0.96) per allele in hemizygous men, and 0.68%-units (95% CI 0.38-0.97) in homozygous women. The G6PD variant may cause approximately 2% (N = 0.65 million, 95% CI 0.55-0.74) of African American adults with T2D to remain undiagnosed when screened with HbA1c. Limitations include the smaller sample sizes for non-European ancestries and the inability to classify approximately one-third of the variants. Further studies in large multiethnic cohorts with HbA1c, glycemic, and erythrocytic traits are required to better determine the biological action of the unclassified variants. Conclusions As G6PD deficiency can be clinically silent until illness strikes, we recommend investigation of the possible benefits of screening for the G6PD genotype along with using HbA1c to diagnose T2D in populations of African ancestry or groups where G6PD deficiency is common. Screening with direct glucose measurements, or genetically-informed HbA1c diagnostic thresholds in people with G6PD deficiency, may be required to avoid missed or delayed diagnoses., Author(s): Eleanor Wheeler 1, Aaron Leong 2,3, Ching-Ti Liu 4, Marie-France Hivert 5,6, Rona J. Strawbridge 7,8, Clara Podmore 9,10, Man Li 11,12,13, Jie Yao 14, Xueling Sim 15, Jaeyoung [...]

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2017
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10. Normative profiles of neuroretinal rim area in a multiethnic Asian population: the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases study

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Lim, Zhi Wei, primary, Chee, Miao-Li, additional, Lim, Sing Hui, additional, Thakur, Sahil, additional, Majithia, Shivani, additional, Soh, Zhi Da, additional, Teo, Zhen Ling, additional, Rim, Tyler Hyungtaek, additional, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, additional, Tham, Yih-Chung, additional, and Cheng, Ching-Yu, additional

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2020
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11. A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

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Sung, Yun Ju, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Chasman, Daniel, I, Bentley, Amy R., Kraja, Aldi T., Ntalla, Ioanna, Warren, Helen R., Guo, Xiuqing, Schwander, Karen, Manning, Alisa K., Brown, Michael R., Aschard, Hugues, Feitosa, Mary F., Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Richard, Melissa A., Aslibekyan, Stella, Bartz, Traci M., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Li, Changwei, Liu, Yongmei, Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M., Tayo, Bamidele O., Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E., Hartwig, Fernando P., He, Meian, Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kammerer, Candace M., Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kuehnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, McKenzie, Colin A., Nelson, Christopher P., Noordam, Raymond, Scott, Robert A., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Stancakova, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, van Der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Waken, Robert J., Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E., Aung, Tin, Barr, R. Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brody, Jennifer A., Broeckel, Ulrich, Cade, Brian, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickael, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., de Mutsert, Renee, de Silva, H. Janaka, Doerr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Forouhi, Nita G., Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Gu, C. Charles, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara, V, Hunt, Steven C., Irvin, Marguerite R., Jia, Yucheng, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooperberg, Charles B., Krieger, Jose E., Kubo, Michiaki, Kutalik, Zoltan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lee, Joseph H., Lehne, Benjamin, Levy, Daniel, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lim, Sing Hui, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K., Louie, Tin, Magi, Reedik, Matsuda, Koichi, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Mosley, Thomas H., Jr., Nalls, Mike A., Nasri, Ubaydah, O'Connell, Jeff R., Ogunniyi, Adesola, Palmas, Walter R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David, Raitakari, Olli T., Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G., Rose, Lynda M., Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L., Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Scott, William R., Sever, Peter, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K., Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yao, Jie, Yu, Caizheng, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Weir, David R., de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tonu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Freedman, Barry, I, Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S., Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Pereira, Alexandre C., Perls, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van Der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C., Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S., Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hixson, James, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Psaty, Bruce M., van Dam, Rob M., Arnett, Donna K., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J. F., Reiner, Alex P., Rotimi, Charles N., Bierut, Laura J., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Province, Michael A., Rotter, Jerome, I, Franks, Paul W., Rice, Kenneth, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J., Gauderman, W. James, Munroe, Patricia B., Rao, Dabeeru C., Morrison, Alanna C., Sung, Yun Ju, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, Winkler, Thomas W., Chasman, Daniel, I, Bentley, Amy R., Kraja, Aldi T., Ntalla, Ioanna, Warren, Helen R., Guo, Xiuqing, Schwander, Karen, Manning, Alisa K., Brown, Michael R., Aschard, Hugues, Feitosa, Mary F., Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Richard, Melissa A., Aslibekyan, Stella, Bartz, Traci M., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Li, Changwei, Liu, Yongmei, Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M., Tayo, Bamidele O., Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E., Hartwig, Fernando P., He, Meian, Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kammerer, Candace M., Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kuehnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, McKenzie, Colin A., Nelson, Christopher P., Noordam, Raymond, Scott, Robert A., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Stancakova, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, van Der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Waken, Robert J., Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E., Aung, Tin, Barr, R. Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brody, Jennifer A., Broeckel, Ulrich, Cade, Brian, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickael, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., de Mutsert, Renee, de Silva, H. Janaka, Doerr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Forouhi, Nita G., Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Gu, C. Charles, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara, V, Hunt, Steven C., Irvin, Marguerite R., Jia, Yucheng, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooperberg, Charles B., Krieger, Jose E., Kubo, Michiaki, Kutalik, Zoltan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lee, Joseph H., Lehne, Benjamin, Levy, Daniel, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lim, Sing Hui, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K., Louie, Tin, Magi, Reedik, Matsuda, Koichi, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Mosley, Thomas H., Jr., Nalls, Mike A., Nasri, Ubaydah, O'Connell, Jeff R., Ogunniyi, Adesola, Palmas, Walter R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David, Raitakari, Olli T., Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G., Rose, Lynda M., Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L., Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Scott, William R., Sever, Peter, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K., Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yao, Jie, Yu, Caizheng, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Weir, David R., de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tonu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Freedman, Barry, I, Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S., Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Pereira, Alexandre C., Perls, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van Der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C., Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S., Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hixson, James, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Psaty, Bruce M., van Dam, Rob M., Arnett, Donna K., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J. F., Reiner, Alex P., Rotimi, Charles N., Bierut, Laura J., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Province, Michael A., Rotter, Jerome, I, Franks, Paul W., Rice, Kenneth, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J., Gauderman, W. James, Munroe, Patricia B., Rao, Dabeeru C., and Morrison, Alanna C.

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Elevated blood pressure (BP), a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, is influenced by both genetic and lifestyle factors. Cigarette smoking is one such lifestyle factor. Across five ancestries, we performed a genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) in 129 913 individuals in stage 1 and follow-up analysis in 480 178 additional individuals in stage 2. We report here 136 loci significantly associated with MAP and/or PP. Of these, 61 were previously published through main-effect analysis of BP traits, 37 were recently reported by us for systolic BP and/or diastolic BP through gene–smoking interaction analysis and 38 were newly identified (P < 5 × 10−8, false discovery rate < 0.05). We also identified nine new signals near known loci. Of the 136 loci, 8 showed significant interaction with smoking status. They include CSMD1 previously reported for insulin resistance and BP in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. Many of the 38 new loci show biologic plausibility for a role in BP regulation. SLC26A7 encodes a chloride/bicarbonate exchanger expressed in the renal outer medullary collecting duct. AVPR1A is widely expressed, including in vascular smooth muscle cells, kidney, myocardium and brain. FHAD1 is a long non-coding RNA overexpressed in heart failure. TMEM51 was associated with contractile function in cardiomyocytes. CASP9 plays a central role in cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Identified only in African ancestry were 30 novel loci. Our findings highlight the value of multi-ancestry investigations, particularly in studies of interaction with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences may contribute to novel findings.

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2019
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12. Normative profiles of neuroretinal rim area in a multiethnic Asian population: the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases study

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Lim, Zhi Wei, Chee, Miao-Li, Lim, Sing Hui, Thakur, Sahil, Majithia, Shivani, Soh, Zhi Da, Teo, Zhen Ling, Rim, Tyler Hyungtaek, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Tham, Yih-Chung, and Cheng, Ching-Yu

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AimsTo evaluate the normative profiles for neuroretinal rim area (RA) in a multiethnic Asian population.MethodsSubjects were recruited from the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases (2009–2015) study and underwent standardised examinations. RA measurements were performed using Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography (Carl Zeiss Meditec). Multivariable linear regression with generalised estimating equation model was used to evaluate the associations between demographic, systemic and ocular factors with RA.ResultsA total of 9394 eyes from 5116 subjects (1724 Chinese, 1463 Malay, 1929 Indian) were included in the final analysis. The mean (±SD) of RA was 1.28 (±0.23) mm2for Chinese, 1.33 (±0.26) mm2for Malays, and 1.23 (±0.23) mm2for Indians. The 5th percentile value for RA was 0.94 mm2for Chinese, 0.96 mm2for Malay, and 0.89 mm2for Indian. In multivariable analysis, following adjustment for age, gender, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, history of cataract surgery, axial length, intraocular pressure (IOP) and disc area, Indian eyes have smaller RA when compared with Malays (β=−0.074; 95% CI −0.090 to −0.058; p<0.001) and Chinese (β=−0.035; 95% CI −0.051 to −0.019; p<0.001), respectively. Additionally, older age (per decade, β=−0.022), male gender (β=−0.031), longer axial length (per mm, β=−0.025), spherical equivalent (per negative dioptre, β=−0.005), higher IOP (per mm Hg, β=−0.009) were associated with smaller RA (all p≤0.004).ConclusionIn this multiethnic population-based study, we observed significantly smaller RA in Indian eyes, compared with Chinese and Malays. This indicates the need of a more refined ethnic-specific RA normative databases among Asians.

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Sung, Yun J., Winkler, Thomas W., de las Fuentes, Lisa, Bentley, Amy R., Brown, Michael R., Kraja, Aldi T., Schwander, Karen, Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Li, Changwei, Feitosa, Mary F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Richard, Melissa A., Noordam, Raymond, Aslibekyan, Stella, Aschard, Hugues, Bartz, Traci M., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Liu, Yongmei, Manning, Alisa K., Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M., Tayo, Bamidele O., Warren, Helen R., Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E., Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kahonen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Kuhnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, Luan, Jian' an, McKenzie, Colin A., Meian, He, Nelson, Christopher P., Rauramaa, Rainer, Schupf, Nicole, Scott, Robert A., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Stancakova, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, van der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan, Aung, Tin, Barr, R. Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brody, Jennifer A., Broeckel, Ulrich, Cabrera, Claudia P., Cade, Brian, Caizheng, Yu, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickael, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chauhan, Ganesh, Christensen, Kaare, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., de Mutsert, Renee, de Silva, H. Janaka, Debette, Stephanie, Dorr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Fisher, Virginia A., Forouhi, Nita G., Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Graff, Misa, Gu, C. Charles, Gu, Dongfeng, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara V., Hunt, Steven, Irvin, Marguerite R., Jia, Yucheng, Joehanes, Roby, Justice, Anne E., Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooperberg, Charles, Krieger, Jose E., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lim, Sing Hui, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Kiang, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K., Long, Jirong, Louie, Tin, Magi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Morris, Andrew P., Mosley, Thomas H., Jr., Munson, Peter, Murray, Alison D., Nalls, Mike A., Nasri, Ubaydah, Norris, Jill M., North, Kari, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T., Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G., Rose, Lynda M., Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L., Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Scott, William R., Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Ultterlinden, Andre G., Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya X., Bin Wei, Wen, Williams, Christine, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K., Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tonu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Franks, Paul W., Freedman, Barry I., Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost B., Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S., Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Newman, Anne B., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Pereira, Alexandre C., Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C., Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S., Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Levy, Daniel, O'Connell, Jeff R., Psaty, Bruce M., van Dam, Rob M., Sims, Mario, Arnett, Donna K., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Kelly, Tanika N., Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N., Province, Michael A., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J. F., Reiner, Alex P., Rotter, Jerome I., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Bierut, Laura J., Gauderman, W. James, Caulfield, Mark J., Elliott, Paul, Rice, Kenneth, Munroe, Patricia B., Morrison, Alanna C., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Rao, Dabeeru C., Chasman, Daniel I., Sung, Yun J., Winkler, Thomas W., de las Fuentes, Lisa, Bentley, Amy R., Brown, Michael R., Kraja, Aldi T., Schwander, Karen, Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Li, Changwei, Feitosa, Mary F., Kilpelainen, Tuomas O., Richard, Melissa A., Noordam, Raymond, Aslibekyan, Stella, Aschard, Hugues, Bartz, Traci M., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Liu, Yongmei, Manning, Alisa K., Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M., Tayo, Bamidele O., Warren, Helen R., Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E., Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kahonen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Kuhnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, Luan, Jian' an, McKenzie, Colin A., Meian, He, Nelson, Christopher P., Rauramaa, Rainer, Schupf, Nicole, Scott, Robert A., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Stancakova, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, van der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan, Aung, Tin, Barr, R. Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brody, Jennifer A., Broeckel, Ulrich, Cabrera, Claudia P., Cade, Brian, Caizheng, Yu, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickael, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chauhan, Ganesh, Christensen, Kaare, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., de Mutsert, Renee, de Silva, H. Janaka, Debette, Stephanie, Dorr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Fisher, Virginia A., Forouhi, Nita G., Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Graff, Misa, Gu, C. Charles, Gu, Dongfeng, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara V., Hunt, Steven, Irvin, Marguerite R., Jia, Yucheng, Joehanes, Roby, Justice, Anne E., Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooperberg, Charles, Krieger, Jose E., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lim, Sing Hui, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Kiang, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K., Long, Jirong, Louie, Tin, Magi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Morris, Andrew P., Mosley, Thomas H., Jr., Munson, Peter, Murray, Alison D., Nalls, Mike A., Nasri, Ubaydah, Norris, Jill M., North, Kari, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T., Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G., Rose, Lynda M., Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L., Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Scott, William R., Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Ultterlinden, Andre G., Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya X., Bin Wei, Wen, Williams, Christine, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K., Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tonu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Franks, Paul W., Freedman, Barry I., Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost B., Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S., Laakso, Markku, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Newman, Anne B., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Pereira, Alexandre C., Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C., Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S., Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Levy, Daniel, O'Connell, Jeff R., Psaty, Bruce M., van Dam, Rob M., Sims, Mario, Arnett, Donna K., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Kelly, Tanika N., Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N., Province, Michael A., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J. F., Reiner, Alex P., Rotter, Jerome I., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Bierut, Laura J., Gauderman, W. James, Caulfield, Mark J., Elliott, Paul, Rice, Kenneth, Munroe, Patricia B., Morrison, Alanna C., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Rao, Dabeeru C., and Chasman, Daniel I.

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Genome-wide association analysis advanced understanding of blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for vascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Accounting for smoking behavior may help identify BP loci and extend our knowledge of its genetic architecture. We performed genome-wide association meta-analyses of systolic and diastolic BP incorporating gene-smoking interactions in 610,091 individuals. Stage 1 analysis examined similar to 18.8 million SNPs and small insertion/deletion variants in 129,913 individuals from four ancestries (European, African, Asian, and Hispanic) with follow-up analysis of promising variants in 480,178 additional individuals from five ancestries. We identified 15 loci that were genome-wide significant (p < 5 x 10(-8)) in stage 1 and formally replicated in stage 2. A combined stage 1 and 2 meta-analysis identified 66 additional genome-wide significant loci (13, 35, and 18 loci in European, African, and trans-ancestry, respectively). A total of 56 known BP loci were also identified by our results (p < 5 x 10(-8)). Of the newly identified loci, ten showed significant interaction with smoking status, but none of them were replicated in stage 2. Several loci were identified in African ancestry, highlighting the importance of genetic studies in diverse populations. The identified loci show strong evidence for regulatory features and support shared pathophysiology with cardiometabolic and addiction traits. They also highlight a role in BP regulation for biological candidates such as modulators of vascular structure and function (CDKN1B, BCAR1-CFDP1, PXDN, EEA1), ciliopathies (SDCCAG8, RPGRIP1L), telomere maintenance (TNKS, PINX1, AKTIP), and central dopaminergic signaling MSRA, EBF2).

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Wong, Mark Yu Zheng, primary, Man, Ryan Eyn Kidd, additional, Gupta, Preeti, additional, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, additional, Lim, Sing Hui, additional, Lim, Blanche, additional, Tham, Yih-Chung, additional, Wong, Tien Yin, additional, Cheng, Ching-Yu, additional, and Lamoureux, Ecosse Luc, additional

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16. A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

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Sung, Yun J., primary, Winkler, Thomas W., additional, de las Fuentes, Lisa, additional, Bentley, Amy R., additional, Brown, Michael R., additional, Kraja, Aldi T., additional, Schwander, Karen, additional, Ntalla, Ioanna, additional, Guo, Xiuqing, additional, Franceschini, Nora, additional, Lu, Yingchang, additional, Cheng, Ching-Yu, additional, Sim, Xueling, additional, Vojinovic, Dina, additional, Marten, Jonathan, additional, Musani, Solomon K., additional, Li, Changwei, additional, Feitosa, Mary F., additional, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., additional, Richard, Melissa A., additional, Noordam, Raymond, additional, Aslibekyan, Stella, additional, Aschard, Hugues, additional, Bartz, Traci M., additional, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, additional, Liu, Yongmei, additional, Manning, Alisa K., additional, Rankinen, Tuomo, additional, Smith, Albert Vernon, additional, Tajuddin, Salman M., additional, Tayo, Bamidele O., additional, Warren, Helen R., additional, Zhao, Wei, additional, Zhou, Yanhua, additional, Matoba, Nana, additional, Sofer, Tamar, additional, Alver, Maris, additional, Amini, Marzyeh, additional, Boissel, Mathilde, additional, Chai, Jin Fang, additional, Chen, Xu, additional, Divers, Jasmin, additional, Gandin, Ilaria, additional, Gao, Chuan, additional, Giulianini, Franco, additional, Goel, Anuj, additional, Harris, Sarah E., additional, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, additional, Horimoto, Andrea R.V.R., additional, Hsu, Fang-Chi, additional, Jackson, Anne U., additional, Kähönen, Mika, additional, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, additional, Kühnel, Brigitte, additional, Leander, Karin, additional, Lee, Wen-Jane, additional, Lin, Keng-Hung, additional, ’an Luan, Jian, additional, McKenzie, Colin A., additional, Meian, He, additional, Nelson, Christopher P., additional, Rauramaa, Rainer, additional, Schupf, Nicole, additional, Scott, Robert A., additional, Sheu, Wayne H.H., additional, Stančáková, Alena, additional, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, additional, van der Most, Peter J., additional, Varga, Tibor V., additional, Wang, Heming, additional, Wang, Yajuan, additional, Ware, Erin B., additional, Weiss, Stefan, additional, Wen, Wanqing, additional, Yanek, Lisa R., additional, Zhang, Weihua, additional, Zhao, Jing Hua, additional, Afaq, Saima, additional, Alfred, Tamuno, additional, Amin, Najaf, additional, Arking, Dan, additional, Aung, Tin, additional, Barr, R. Graham, additional, Bielak, Lawrence F., additional, Boerwinkle, Eric, additional, Bottinger, Erwin P., additional, Braund, Peter S., additional, Brody, Jennifer A., additional, Broeckel, Ulrich, additional, Cabrera, Claudia P., additional, Cade, Brian, additional, Caizheng, Yu, additional, Campbell, Archie, additional, Canouil, Mickaël, additional, Chakravarti, Aravinda, additional, Chauhan, Ganesh, additional, Christensen, Kaare, additional, Cocca, Massimiliano, additional, Collins, Francis S., additional, Connell, John M., additional, de Mutsert, Renée, additional, de Silva, H. Janaka, additional, Debette, Stephanie, additional, Dörr, Marcus, additional, Duan, Qing, additional, Eaton, Charles B., additional, Ehret, Georg, additional, Evangelou, Evangelos, additional, Faul, Jessica D., additional, Fisher, Virginia A., additional, Forouhi, Nita G., additional, Franco, Oscar H., additional, Friedlander, Yechiel, additional, Gao, He, additional, Gigante, Bruna, additional, Graff, Misa, additional, Gu, C. Charles, additional, Gu, Dongfeng, additional, Gupta, Preeti, additional, Hagenaars, Saskia P., additional, Harris, Tamara B., additional, He, Jiang, additional, Heikkinen, Sami, additional, Heng, Chew-Kiat, additional, Hirata, Makoto, additional, Hofman, Albert, additional, Howard, Barbara V., additional, Hunt, Steven, additional, Irvin, Marguerite R., additional, Jia, Yucheng, additional, Joehanes, Roby, additional, Justice, Anne E., additional, Katsuya, Tomohiro, additional, Kaufman, Joel, additional, Kerrison, Nicola D., additional, Khor, Chiea Chuen, additional, Koh, Woon-Puay, additional, Koistinen, Heikki A., additional, Komulainen, Pirjo, additional, Kooperberg, Charles, additional, Krieger, Jose E., additional, Kubo, Michiaki, additional, Kuusisto, Johanna, additional, Langefeld, Carl D., additional, Langenberg, Claudia, additional, Launer, Lenore J., additional, Lehne, Benjamin, additional, Lewis, Cora E., additional, Li, Yize, additional, Lim, Sing Hui, additional, Lin, Shiow, additional, Liu, Ching-Ti, additional, Liu, Jianjun, additional, Liu, Jingmin, additional, Liu, Kiang, additional, Liu, Yeheng, additional, Loh, Marie, additional, Lohman, Kurt K., additional, Long, Jirong, additional, Louie, Tin, additional, Mägi, Reedik, additional, Mahajan, Anubha, additional, Meitinger, Thomas, additional, Metspalu, Andres, additional, Milani, Lili, additional, Momozawa, Yukihide, additional, Morris, Andrew P., additional, Mosley, Thomas H., additional, Munson, Peter, additional, Murray, Alison D., additional, Nalls, Mike A., additional, Nasri, Ubaydah, additional, Norris, Jill M., additional, North, Kari, additional, Ogunniyi, Adesola, additional, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, additional, Palmas, Walter R., additional, Palmer, Nicholette D., additional, Pankow, James S., additional, Pedersen, Nancy L., additional, Peters, Annette, additional, Peyser, Patricia A., additional, Polasek, Ozren, additional, Raitakari, Olli T., additional, Renström, Frida, additional, Rice, Treva K., additional, Ridker, Paul M., additional, Robino, Antonietta, additional, Robinson, Jennifer G., additional, Rose, Lynda M., additional, Rudan, Igor, additional, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, additional, Salako, Babatunde L., additional, Sandow, Kevin, additional, Schmidt, Carsten O., additional, Schreiner, Pamela J., additional, Scott, William R., additional, Seshadri, Sudha, additional, Sever, Peter, additional, Sitlani, Colleen M., additional, Smith, Jennifer A., additional, Snieder, Harold, additional, Starr, John M., additional, Strauch, Konstantin, additional, Tang, Hua, additional, Taylor, Kent D., additional, Teo, Yik Ying, additional, Tham, Yih Chung, additional, Uitterlinden, André G., additional, Waldenberger, Melanie, additional, Wang, Lihua, additional, Wang, Ya X., additional, Wei, Wen Bin, additional, Williams, Christine, additional, Wilson, Gregory, additional, Wojczynski, Mary K., additional, Yao, Jie, additional, Yuan, Jian-Min, additional, Zonderman, Alan B., additional, Becker, Diane M., additional, Boehnke, Michael, additional, Bowden, Donald W., additional, Chambers, John C., additional, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, additional, de Faire, Ulf, additional, Deary, Ian J., additional, Esko, Tõnu, additional, Farrall, Martin, additional, Forrester, Terrence, additional, Franks, Paul W., additional, Freedman, Barry I., additional, Froguel, Philippe, additional, Gasparini, Paolo, additional, Gieger, Christian, additional, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, additional, Hung, Yi-Jen, additional, Jonas, Jost B., additional, Kato, Norihiro, additional, Kooner, Jaspal S., additional, Laakso, Markku, additional, Lehtimäki, Terho, additional, Liang, Kae-Woei, additional, Magnusson, Patrik K.E., additional, Newman, Anne B., additional, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., additional, Pereira, Alexandre C., additional, Redline, Susan, additional, Rettig, Rainer, additional, Samani, Nilesh J., additional, Scott, James, additional, Shu, Xiao-Ou, additional, van der Harst, Pim, additional, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., additional, Wareham, Nicholas J., additional, Watkins, Hugh, additional, Weir, David R., additional, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., additional, Wu, Tangchun, additional, Zheng, Wei, additional, Kamatani, Yoichiro, additional, Laurie, Cathy C., additional, Bouchard, Claude, additional, Cooper, Richard S., additional, Evans, Michele K., additional, Gudnason, Vilmundur, additional, Kardia, Sharon L.R., additional, Kritchevsky, Stephen B., additional, Levy, Daniel, additional, O’Connell, Jeff R., additional, Psaty, Bruce M., additional, van Dam, Rob M., additional, Sims, Mario, additional, Arnett, Donna K., additional, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., additional, Kelly, Tanika N., additional, Fox, Ervin R., additional, Hayward, Caroline, additional, Fornage, Myriam, additional, Rotimi, Charles N., additional, Province, Michael A., additional, van Duijn, Cornelia M., additional, Tai, E. Shyong, additional, Wong, Tien Yin, additional, Loos, Ruth J.F., additional, Reiner, Alex P., additional, Rotter, Jerome I., additional, Zhu, Xiaofeng, additional, Bierut, Laura J., additional, Gauderman, W. James, additional, Caulfield, Mark J., additional, Elliott, Paul, additional, Rice, Kenneth, additional, Munroe, Patricia B., additional, Morrison, Alanna C., additional, Cupples, L. Adrienne, additional, Rao, Dabeeru C., additional, and Chasman, Daniel I., additional

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18. Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

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Spracklen Cassandra N., Chen Peng, Kim Young Jin, Wang Xu, Cai Hui, Li Shengxu, Long Jirong, Wu Ying, Wang Ya Xing, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Jung Keum-Ji, Hu Cheng, Akiyama Koichi, Zhang Yonghong, Moon Sanghoon, Johnson Todd A., Li Huaixing, Dorajoo Rajkumar, He Meian, Cannon Maren E., Roman Tamara S., Salfati Elias, Lin Keng-Hung, Guo Xiuqing, Sheu Wayne H. H., Absher Devin, Adair Linda S., Assimes Themistocles L., Aung Tin, Cai Qiuyin, Chang Li-Ching, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Chien Li-Hsin, Chuang Lee-Ming, Chuang Shu-Chun, Du Shufa, Fan Qiao, Fann Cathy S. J., Feranil Alan B., Friedlander Yechiel, Gordon-Larsen Penny, Gu Dongfeng, Gui Lixuan, Guo Zhirong, Heng Chew-Kiat, Hixson James, Hou Xuhong, Hsiung Chao Agnes, Hu Yao, Hwang Mi Yeong, Hwu Chii-Min, Isono Masato, Juang Jyh-Ming Jimmy, Khor Chiea-Chuen, Kim Yun Kyoung, Koh Woon-Puay, Kubo Michiaki, Lee I-Te, Lee Sun-Ju, Lee Wen-Jane, Liang Kae-Woei, Lim Blanche, Lim Sing-Hui, Liu Jianjun, Nabika, Toru, Pan Wen-Harn, Peng Hao, Quertermous Thomas, Sabanayagam Charumathi, Sandow Kevin, Shi Jinxiu, Sun Liang, Tan Pok Chien, Tan Shu-Pei, Taylor Kent D., Teo Yik-Ying, Toh Sue-Anne, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, van Dam Rob M., Wang Aili, Wang Feijie, Wang Jie, Wei Wen Bin, Xiang Yong-Bing, Yao Jie, Yuan Jian-Min, Zhang Rong, Zhao Wanting, Chen Yii-Der Ida, Rich Stephen S., Rotter Jerome I., Wang Tzung-Dau, Wu Tangchun, Lin Xu, Han Bok-Ghee, Tanaka Toshihiro, Cho Yoon Shin, Katsuya Tomohiro, Jia Weiping, Jee Sun-Ha, Chen Yuan-Tsong, Kato Norihiro, Jonas Jost B., Cheng Ching-Yu, Shu Xiao-Ou, He Jiang, Zheng Wei, Wong Tien-Yin, Huang Wei, Kim Bong-Jo, Tai E-Shyong, Mohlke Karen L., Sim Xueling, Spracklen Cassandra N., Chen Peng, Kim Young Jin, Wang Xu, Cai Hui, Li Shengxu, Long Jirong, Wu Ying, Wang Ya Xing, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Jung Keum-Ji, Hu Cheng, Akiyama Koichi, Zhang Yonghong, Moon Sanghoon, Johnson Todd A., Li Huaixing, Dorajoo Rajkumar, He Meian, Cannon Maren E., Roman Tamara S., Salfati Elias, Lin Keng-Hung, Guo Xiuqing, Sheu Wayne H. H., Absher Devin, Adair Linda S., Assimes Themistocles L., Aung Tin, Cai Qiuyin, Chang Li-Ching, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Chien Li-Hsin, Chuang Lee-Ming, Chuang Shu-Chun, Du Shufa, Fan Qiao, Fann Cathy S. J., Feranil Alan B., Friedlander Yechiel, Gordon-Larsen Penny, Gu Dongfeng, Gui Lixuan, Guo Zhirong, Heng Chew-Kiat, Hixson James, Hou Xuhong, Hsiung Chao Agnes, Hu Yao, Hwang Mi Yeong, Hwu Chii-Min, Isono Masato, Juang Jyh-Ming Jimmy, Khor Chiea-Chuen, Kim Yun Kyoung, Koh Woon-Puay, Kubo Michiaki, Lee I-Te, Lee Sun-Ju, Lee Wen-Jane, Liang Kae-Woei, Lim Blanche, Lim Sing-Hui, Liu Jianjun, Nabika, Toru, Pan Wen-Harn, Peng Hao, Quertermous Thomas, Sabanayagam Charumathi, Sandow Kevin, Shi Jinxiu, Sun Liang, Tan Pok Chien, Tan Shu-Pei, Taylor Kent D., Teo Yik-Ying, Toh Sue-Anne, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, van Dam Rob M., Wang Aili, Wang Feijie, Wang Jie, Wei Wen Bin, Xiang Yong-Bing, Yao Jie, Yuan Jian-Min, Zhang Rong, Zhao Wanting, Chen Yii-Der Ida, Rich Stephen S., Rotter Jerome I., Wang Tzung-Dau, Wu Tangchun, Lin Xu, Han Bok-Ghee, Tanaka Toshihiro, Cho Yoon Shin, Katsuya Tomohiro, Jia Weiping, Jee Sun-Ha, Chen Yuan-Tsong, Kato Norihiro, Jonas Jost B., Cheng Ching-Yu, Shu Xiao-Ou, He Jiang, Zheng Wei, Wong Tien-Yin, Huang Wei, Kim Bong-Jo, Tai E-Shyong, Mohlke Karen L., and Sim Xueling

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2017

21. Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity

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Souma, Tomokazu, primary, Tompson, Stuart W., additional, Thomson, Benjamin R., additional, Siggs, Owen M., additional, Kizhatil, Krishnakumar, additional, Yamaguchi, Shinji, additional, Feng, Liang, additional, Limviphuvadh, Vachiranee, additional, Whisenhunt, Kristina N., additional, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, additional, Yanovitch, Tammy L., additional, Kalaydjieva, Luba, additional, Azmanov, Dimitar N., additional, Finzi, Simone, additional, Mauri, Lucia, additional, Javadiyan, Shahrbanou, additional, Souzeau, Emmanuelle, additional, Zhou, Tiger, additional, Hewitt, Alex W., additional, Kloss, Bethany, additional, Burdon, Kathryn P., additional, Mackey, David A., additional, Allen, Keri F., additional, Ruddle, Jonathan B., additional, Lim, Sing-Hui, additional, Rozen, Steve, additional, Tran-Viet, Khanh-Nhat, additional, Liu, Xiaorong, additional, John, Simon, additional, Wiggs, Janey L., additional, Pasutto, Francesca, additional, Craig, Jamie E., additional, Jin, Jing, additional, Quaggin, Susan E., additional, and Young, Terri L., additional

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2016
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22. Inter-relationship between ageing, body mass index, diabetes, systemic blood pressure and intraocular pressure in Asians: 6-year longitudinal study

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Chua, Jacqueline, Chee, Miao Li, Chin, Calvin Woon Loong, Tham, Yih Chung, Tan, Nicholas, Lim, Sing Hui, Aung, Tin, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Wong, Tien Yin, and Schmetterer, Leopold

Abstract

BackgroundTo investigate the biological effect of ageing on intraocular pressure (IOP) and risk factors in a population-based cohort study of Malay and Indian adults.MethodsParticipants aged 40–80 years were recruited for baseline and 6-year follow-up visits between 2004–2009 and 2010–2015, respectively. Blood pressure (BP) was measured with an automatic BP monitor and IOP were obtained by Goldmann applanation tonometry. Main outcome was change in IOP, defined as the difference between the 6-year IOP and the baseline IOP. Linear regression models were used to investigate the association of changes in IOP with risk factors.Results Participants without a history of glaucoma or cataract surgery at baseline were included (n = 3188; mean age: 54±9 years) . Their average IOP was reduced (−0.5±3.1 mm Hg), except for those who developed hypertension at follow-up (0.0±3.1 mm Hg). After adjusting for covariates, changes in IOP were negatively associated with age (β=−0.07, 95% CI −0.13 to −0.01) and positively associated with body mass index, diabetes, hypertension (normotensive as reference group; newly developed hypertensive (β=0.67, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.95) and chronic hypertensive (β=0.46, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.70)), baseline systolic BP (SBP) (β=0.20, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.26) and diastolic BP (DBP) (β=0.33, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.44), as well as with 6-year increases in SBP (β=0.27, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.33) and DBP (β=0.52, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.63).ConclusionsNormal ageing and reduced systemic BP are associated with reduced IOP in Malay and Indian adults. Given that high IOP is a risk factor for glaucoma, our finding highlights the importance of controlling hypertension in older adults, where hypertension and glaucoma incidences are on a rise.

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2019
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24. Sequencing Analysis of the ATOH7 Gene in Individuals with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

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Lim, Sing-Hui, primary, Germain, Elizabeth St., additional, Tran-Viet, Khanh-Nhat, additional, Staffieri, Sandra, additional, Marino, Meghan, additional, Dollfus, Pr Hélène, additional, Nading, Erica B., additional, Crowe, Sue, additional, Gole, Glen, additional, Perdomo-Trujillo, Yaumara, additional, Haybittel, Michael, additional, Elder, James, additional, Pelletier, Valérie, additional, Traboulsi, Elias, additional, Mackey, David, additional, and Young, Terri L., additional

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2013
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25. Sequencing Analysis of the ATOH7 Gene in Individuals with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia.

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Lim, Sing-Hui, Germain, Elizabeth St., Tran-Viet, Khanh-Nhat, Staffieri, Sandra, Marino, Meghan, Dollfus, Pr Hélène, Nading, Erica B., Crowe, Sue, Gole, Glen, Perdomo-Trujillo, Yaumara, Haybittel, Michael, Elder, James, Pelletier, Valérie, Traboulsi, Elias, Mackey, David, and Young, Terri L.

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*NUCLEOTIDE sequence, *OPTIC nerve, *BRAIN diseases, *DNA analysis, *COHORT analysis, *GENETIC mutation
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Background: The Atonal Homolog 7 (ATOH7) gene has been implicated in association studies with optic nerve head diameter size. Hence, we screened optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) patient DNA samples from Australia, France, and the United States for sequence variants in theATOH7 gene using Sanger sequencing. Methods: Sanger sequencing of theATOH7 gene was performed on 34 affected individual DNA samples. Sequencing was also carried out in three unaffected family members to confirm segregation of identified single nucleotide variations. Results: Seven sequence variations were identified in ATOH7. No disease-causing sequence changes in the ATOH7 gene was discovered in the ONH patient samples. Conclusions: Mutations within the ATOH7 gene are not implicated in the pathogenesis of optic nerve hypoplasia in our patient cohort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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26. A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

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Sung, Yun Ju, De Las Fuentes, Lisa, Winkler, Thomas W, Chasman, Daniel I, Bentley, Amy R, Kraja, Aldi T, Ntalla, Ioanna, Warren, Helen R, Guo, Xiuqing, Schwander, Karen, Manning, Alisa K, Brown, Michael R, Aschard, Hugues, Feitosa, Mary F, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Richard, Melissa A, Aslibekyan, Stella, Bartz, Traci M, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Li, Changwei, Liu, Yongmei, Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E, Hartwig, Fernando P, He, Meian, Horimoto, Andrea RVR, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U, Kammerer, Candace M, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kühnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, McKenzie, Colin A, Nelson, Christopher P, Noordam, Raymond, Scott, Robert A, Sheu, Wayne HH, Stančáková, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Van Der Most, Peter J, Varga, Tibor V, Waken, Robert J, Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B, Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E, Aung, Tin, Barr, R Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Braund, Peter S, Brody, Jennifer A, Broeckel, Ulrich, Cade, Brian, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickaël, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John M, De Mutsert, Renée, De Silva, H Janaka, Dörr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B, Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D, Forouhi, Nita G, Franco, Oscar H, Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Gu, C Charles, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P, Harris, Tamara B, He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara V, Hunt, Steven C, Irvin, Marguerite R, Jia, Yucheng, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kooperberg, Charles B, Krieger, Jose E, Kubo, Michiaki, Kutalik, Zoltan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A, Langefeld, Carl D, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J, Lee, Joseph H, Lehne, Benjamin, Levy, Daniel, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Yize, Lifelines Cohort Study, Lim, Sing Hui, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K, Louie, Tin, Mägi, Reedik, Matsuda, Koichi, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Mosley, Thomas H, Nalls, Mike A, Nasri, Ubaydah, O'Connell, Jeff R, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Palmas, Walter R, Palmer, Nicholette D, Pankow, James S, Pedersen, Nancy L, Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A, Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David, Raitakari, Olli T, Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K, Ridker, Paul M, Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G, Rose, Lynda M, Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L, Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O, Schreiner, Pamela J, Scott, William R, Sever, Peter, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M, Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D, Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, André G, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B, Becker, Diane M, Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W, Chambers, John C, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Weir, David R, De Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J, Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Freedman, Barry I, Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Pereira, Alexandre C, Perls, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J, Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Van Der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R, Wu, Tangchun, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C, Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S, Evans, Michele K, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hixson, James, Kardia, Sharon LR, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Psaty, Bruce M, Van Dam, Rob M, Arnett, Donna K, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Ervin R, Hayward, Caroline, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Tai, E Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth JF, Reiner, Alex P, Rotimi, Charles N, Bierut, Laura J, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Cupples, L Adrienne, Province, Michael A, Rotter, Jerome I, Franks, Paul W, Rice, Kenneth, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J, Gauderman, W James, Munroe, Patricia B, Rao, Dabeeru C, and Morrison, Alanna C

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Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Receptors, Vasopressin, Polymorphism, Genetic, Adolescent, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Racial Groups, Smoking, Membrane Proteins, Blood Pressure, Middle Aged, Antiporters, Caspase 9, 3. Good health, Young Adult, Sulfate Transporters, Hypertension, Ethnicity, Humans, Arterial Pressure, Female, Gene-Environment Interaction, Aged, Genome-Wide Association Study
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Elevated blood pressure (BP), a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, is influenced by both genetic and lifestyle factors. Cigarette smoking is one such lifestyle factor. Across five ancestries, we performed a genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) in 129 913 individuals in stage 1 and follow-up analysis in 480 178 additional individuals in stage 2. We report here 136 loci significantly associated with MAP and/or PP. Of these, 61 were previously published through main-effect analysis of BP traits, 37 were recently reported by us for systolic BP and/or diastolic BP through gene-smoking interaction analysis and 38 were newly identified (P < 5 × 10-8, false discovery rate < 0.05). We also identified nine new signals near known loci. Of the 136 loci, 8 showed significant interaction with smoking status. They include CSMD1 previously reported for insulin resistance and BP in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. Many of the 38 new loci show biologic plausibility for a role in BP regulation. SLC26A7 encodes a chloride/bicarbonate exchanger expressed in the renal outer medullary collecting duct. AVPR1A is widely expressed, including in vascular smooth muscle cells, kidney, myocardium and brain. FHAD1 is a long non-coding RNA overexpressed in heart failure. TMEM51 was associated with contractile function in cardiomyocytes. CASP9 plays a central role in cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Identified only in African ancestry were 30 novel loci. Our findings highlight the value of multi-ancestry investigations, particularly in studies of interaction with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences may contribute to novel findings.

27. A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

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Sung, Yun J, Winkler, Thomas W, De Las Fuentes, Lisa, Bentley, Amy R, Brown, Michael R, Kraja, Aldi T, Schwander, Karen, Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K, Li, Changwei, Feitosa, Mary F, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Richard, Melissa A, Noordam, Raymond, Aslibekyan, Stella, Aschard, Hugues, Bartz, Traci M, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Liu, Yongmei, Manning, Alisa K, Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Warren, Helen R, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Maris, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Horimoto, Andrea RVR, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U, Kähönen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Kühnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, 'An Luan, Jian, McKenzie, Colin A, Meian, He, Nelson, Christopher P, Rauramaa, Rainer, Schupf, Nicole, Scott, Robert A, Sheu, Wayne HH, Stančáková, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Van Der Most, Peter J, Varga, Tibor V, Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B, Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan, Aung, Tin, Barr, R Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Braund, Peter S, Brody, Jennifer A, Broeckel, Ulrich, Cabrera, Claudia P, Cade, Brian, Caizheng, Yu, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickaël, Chakravarti, Aravinda, CHARGE Neurology Working Group, Chauhan, Ganesh, Christensen, Kaare, Cocca, Massimiliano, COGENT-Kidney Consortium, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John M, De Mutsert, Renée, De Silva, H Janaka, Debette, Stephanie, Dörr, Marcus, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B, Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D, Fisher, Virginia A, Forouhi, Nita G, Franco, Oscar H, Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, GIANT Consortium, Gigante, Bruna, Graff, Misa, Gu, C Charles, Gu, Dongfeng, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P, Harris, Tamara B, He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara V, Hunt, Steven, Irvin, Marguerite R, Jia, Yucheng, Joehanes, Roby, Justice, Anne E, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooperberg, Charles, Krieger, Jose E, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langefeld, Carl D, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J, Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Yize, Lifelines Cohort Study, Lim, Sing Hui, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Kiang, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K, Long, Jirong, Louie, Tin, Mägi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Morris, Andrew P, Mosley, Thomas H, Munson, Peter, Murray, Alison D, Nalls, Mike A, Nasri, Ubaydah, Norris, Jill M, North, Kari, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R, Palmer, Nicholette D, Pankow, James S, Pedersen, Nancy L, Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A, Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T, Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K, Ridker, Paul M, Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G, Rose, Lynda M, Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L, Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O, Schreiner, Pamela J, Scott, William R, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Sitlani, Colleen M, Smith, Jennifer A, Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M, Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D, Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, André G, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya X, Wei, Wen Bin, Williams, Christine, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K, Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B, Becker, Diane M, Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W, Chambers, John C, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, De Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J, Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Franks, Paul W, Freedman, Barry I, Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost B, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Newman, Anne B, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Pereira, Alexandre C, Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J, Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Van Der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R, Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C, Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S, Evans, Michele K, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kardia, Sharon LR, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Levy, Daniel, O'Connell, Jeff R, Psaty, Bruce M, Van Dam, Rob M, Sims, Mario, Arnett, Donna K, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Kelly, Tanika N, Fox, Ervin R, Hayward, Caroline, Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N, Province, Michael A, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Tai, E Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth JF, Reiner, Alex P, Rotter, Jerome I, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Bierut, Laura J, Gauderman, W James, Caulfield, Mark J, Elliott, Paul, Rice, Kenneth, Munroe, Patricia B, Morrison, Alanna C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Rao, Dabeeru C, and Chasman, Daniel I

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lifestyle, multi-ancestry, GWAS, blood pressure, GxE interactions, smoking, 3. Good health
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Genome-wide association analysis advanced understanding of blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for vascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Accounting for smoking behavior may help identify BP loci and extend our knowledge of its genetic architecture. We performed genome-wide association meta-analyses of systolic and diastolic BP incorporating gene-smoking interactions in 610,091 individuals. Stage 1 analysis examined ∼18.8 million SNPs and small insertion/deletion variants in 129,913 individuals from four ancestries (European, African, Asian, and Hispanic) with follow-up analysis of promising variants in 480,178 additional individuals from five ancestries. We identified 15 loci that were genome-wide significant (p < 5 × 10-8) in stage 1 and formally replicated in stage 2. A combined stage 1 and 2 meta-analysis identified 66 additional genome-wide significant loci (13, 35, and 18 loci in European, African, and trans-ancestry, respectively). A total of 56 known BP loci were also identified by our results (p < 5 × 10-8). Of the newly identified loci, ten showed significant interaction with smoking status, but none of them were replicated in stage 2. Several loci were identified in African ancestry, highlighting the importance of genetic studies in diverse populations. The identified loci show strong evidence for regulatory features and support shared pathophysiology with cardiometabolic and addiction traits. They also highlight a role in BP regulation for biological candidates such as modulators of vascular structure and function (CDKN1B, BCAR1-CFDP1, PXDN, EEA1), ciliopathies (SDCCAG8, RPGRIP1L), telomere maintenance (TNKS, PINX1, AKTIP), and central dopaminergic signaling (MSRA, EBF2).

28. Association of Birth Weight With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits

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Huang, Tao, Wang, Tiange, Zheng, Yan, Ellervik, Christina, Li, Xiang, Gao, Meng, Fang, Zhe, Chai, Jin-Fang, Ahluwalia, Tarun veer S., Wang, Yujie, Voortman, Trudy, Noordam, Raymond, Frazier-Wood, Alexis, Scholz, Markus, Sonestedt, Emily, Akiyama, Masato, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Zhou, Ang, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Kleber, Marcus E., Crozier, Sarah R., Godfrey, Keith M., Lemaitre, Rozenn, Felix, Janine F., Shi, Yuan, Gupta, Preeti, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Lehtimäki, Terho, Wang, Carol A., Tiesler, Carla M. T., Thiering, Elisabeth, Standl, Marie, Rzehak, Peter, Marouli, Eirini, He, Meian, Lecoeur, Cécile, Corella, Dolores, Lai, Chao-Qiang, Moreno, Luis A., Pitkänen, Niina, Boreham, Colin A., Zhang, Tao, Saw, Seang Mei, Ridker, Paul M., Graff, Mariaelisa, van Rooij, Frank J. A., Uitterlinden, Andre G., Hofman, Albert, van Heemst, Diana, Rosendaal, Frits R., de Mutsert, Renée, Burkhardt, Ralph, Schulz, Christina-Alexandra, Ericson, Ulrika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Yuan, Jian-Min, Power, Chris, Hansen, Torben, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Tjønneland, Anne, Overvad, Kim, Delgado, Graciela, Cooper, Cyrus, Djousse, Luc, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Jameson, Karen, Zhao, Wanting, Liu, Jianjun, Lee, Nanette R., Raitakari, Olli, Kähönen, Mika, Viikari, Jorma, Grote, Veit, Langhendries, Jean-Paul, Koletzko, Berthold, Escribano, Joaquin, Verduci, Elvira, Dedoussis, George, Yu, Caizheng, Tham, Yih Chung, Lim, Blanche, Lim, Sing Hui, Froguel, Philippe, Balkau, Beverley, Fink, Nadia R., Vinding, Rebecca K., Sevelsted, Astrid, Bisgaard, Hans, Coltell, Oscar, Dallongeville, Jean, Gottrand, Frédéric, Pahkala, Katja, Niinikoski, Harri, Hyppönen, Elina, Pedersen, Oluf, März, Winfried, Inskip, Hazel, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Dennison, Elaine, Wong, Tien Yin, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Tai, E-Shyong, Mohlke, Karen L., Mackey, David A., Gruszfeld, Dariusz, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Tucker, Katherine L., Fumeron, Frédéric, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Rossing, Peter, Estruch, Ramon, Ordovas, Jose M., Arnett, Donna K., Meirhaeghe, Aline, Amouyel, Philippe, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Teo, Yik Ying, van Dam, Rob M., Koh, Woon-Puay, Orho-Melander, Marju, Loeffler, Markus, Kubo, Michiaki, Thiery, Joachim, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Mozaffarian, Dariush, Psaty, Bruce M., Franco, Oscar H., Wu, Tangchun, North, Kari E., Davey Smith, George, Chavarro, Jorge E., Chasman, Daniel I., and Qi, Lu

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29. A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene–smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

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Bamidele O. Tayo, RJ Waken, Mario Sims, Diane M. Becker, Tõnu Esko, Yingchang Lu, Pamela J. Schreiner, Antonietta Robino, Anne U. Jackson, H. Janaka de Silva, Peter J. van der Most, Archie Campbell, Ozren Polasek, Salman M. Tajuddin, Jing Hua Zhao, Barbara V. Howard, Saima Afaq, Vilmundur Gudnason, Lynda M. Rose, Francis S. Collins, Massimiliano Cocca, Ruth J. F. Loos, Yii-Der Ida Chen, W. James Gauderman, Jaspal S. Kooner, Lawrence F. Bielak, Ulrich Broeckel, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Melissa A. Richard, Tomohiro Katsuya, Nicola D. Kerrison, Tin Aung, Lisa de las Fuentes, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Oscar H. Franco, Yongmei Liu, Eric Boerwinkle, Nana Matoba, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Rob M. van Dam, Tibor V. Varga, Nilesh J. Samani, Tangchun Wu, Thomas H. Mosley, Caroline Hayward, Joseph H. Lee, Frida Renström, Tamara B. Harris, Alena Stančáková, Adesola Ogunniyi, Wen Bin Wei, Lenore J. Launer, Marcus Dörr, Xiuqing Guo, Jennifer A. Smith, Terho Lehtimäki, Dan E. Arking, Fang-Chi Hsu, Karin Leander, Martin Farrall, Konstantin Strauch, Albert V. Smith, Richard S. Cooper, Chiea Chuen Khor, Changwei Li, James E. Hixson, Sami Heikkinen, David R. Weir, Pirjo Komulainen, Renée de Mutsert, Raymond Noordam, Ubaydah Nasri, Paul M. Ridker, C. Charles Gu, Tamuno Alfred, Jerome I. Rotter, Nora Franceschini, Nita G. Forouhi, Lihua Wang, Alanna C. Morrison, Jian-Min Yuan, Ching-Yu Cheng, Peter S. Braund, Paul Elliott, Gregory P. Wilson, Jianjun Liu, Xiaofeng Zhu, Markku Laakso, Christian Gieger, Yukihide Momozawa, Rainer Rettig, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Amy R. Bentley, Wei Zhao, Ioanna Ntalla, Kenneth Rice, Yoichiro Kamatani, Andres Metspalu, Helen R. Warren, Yechiel Friedlander, Susan Redline, Kurt Lohman, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Aravinda Chakravarti, Traci M. Bartz, Sarah E. Harris, Yih Chung Tham, He Gao, Mike A. Nalls, Mathilde Boissel, Donna K. Arnett, Harold Snieder, James S. Pankow, Babatunde L. Salako, Laura J. Bierut, Tin Louie, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Xueling Sim, Thomas Meitinger, Maris Alver, Claudia Langenberg, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Norihiro Kato, Evangelos Evangelou, Philippe Froguel, Alexandre C. Pereira, Michael R. Brown, Karen Schwander, Charles Kooperberg, Blair H. Smith, Annette Peters, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Yanhua Zhou, Jie Yao, Alisa K. Manning, Keng-Hung Lin, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Ervin R. Fox, Tuomo Rankinen, Timo A. Lakka, Charles N. Rotimi, Nicholette D. Palmer, Jiang He, Nicholas J. Wareham, Jingmin Liu, Yun Ju Sung, Cathy C. Laurie, Donald W. Bowden, Yong-Bing Xiang, Lisa R. Yanek, B. Kuhnel, Nancy L. Pedersen, Yajuan Wang, Ananda R. Wickremasinghe, Jonathan Marten, Yi-Jen Hung, Dabeeru C. Rao, Bernardo L. Horta, Joel D. Kaufman, Barry I. Freedman, Chuan Gao, Olli T. Raitakari, Reedik Mägi, Solomon K. Musani, Albert Hofman, Wanqing Wen, Heming Wang, Xiao-Ou Shu, Y Liu, Mark J. Caulfield, Meian He, Daniel I. Chasman, Carl D. Langefeld, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Bruce M. Psaty, Jasmin Divers, R. Graham Barr, Chew-Kiat Heng, Stella Aslibekyan, John M. Starr, Stefan Weiss, Anuj Goel, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Terrence Forrester, Mary F. Feitosa, Jost B. Jonas, Kae-Woei Liang, Colleen M. Sitlani, Daniel Levy, Marie Loh, Qing Duan, Aldi T. Kraja, Tien Yin Wong, Myriam Fornage, Andrea R. V. R. Horimoto, Michele K. Evans, David J. Porteous, Dina Vojinovic, Hua Tang, Michael A. Province, Ching-Ti Liu, Rainer Rauramaa, William R. Scott, Cora E. Lewis, Charles B. Eaton, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Michael Boehnke, James Scott, Colin A McKenzie, Jin-Fang Chai, Woon-Puay Koh, Yucheng Jia, Claude Bouchard, Peter S. Sever, Koichi Matsuda, Najaf Amin, Ulf de Faire, Walter Palmas, André G. Uitterlinden, Thomas T. Perls, Erin B. Ware, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, Michiaki Kubo, Ya Xing Wang, Hugh Watkins, Steven C. Hunt, Weihua Zhang, Johanna Kuusisto, Lili Milani, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Georg Ehret, L. Adrienne Cupples, Franco Giulianini, Zoltán Kutalik, Jose E Krieger, Kevin Sandow, Bruna Gigante, Alexander P. Reiner, Preeti Gupta, Heikki A. Koistinen, Treva Rice, Patricia B. Munroe, Wen-Jane Lee, Jennifer A. Brody, Paolo Gasparini, Paul W. Franks, Yik Ying Teo, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Thomas W. Winkler, Patricia A. Peyser, Ian J. Deary, Jessica D. Faul, Sing Hui Lim, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Xu Chen, Brian E. Cade, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, John C. Chambers, Tamar Sofer, E. Shyong Tai, Candace M Kammerer, Mary K. Wojczynski, Pim van der Harst, Marzyeh Amini, Jennifer G. Robinson, Erwin P. Bottinger, Alan B. Zonderman, Benjamin Lehne, M. Waldenberger, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, Hugues Aschard, Ilaria Gandin, Kent D. Taylor, Igor Rudan, Christopher P. Nelson, John M. C. Connell, Jian'an Luan, Mickaël Canouil, Robert A. Scott, Yize Li, Marguerite R. Irvin, Sung, Yun Ju, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, Winkler, Thomas W, Chasman, Daniel I, Bentley, Amy R, Kraja, Aldi T, Ntalla, Ioanna, Warren, Helen R, Guo, Xiuqing, Schwander, Karen, Manning, Alisa K, Brown, Michael R, Aschard, Hugue, Feitosa, Mary F, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Richard, Melissa A, Aslibekyan, Stella, Bartz, Traci M, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Li, Changwei, Liu, Yongmei, Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Mari, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E, Hartwig, Fernando P, He, Meian, Horimoto, Andrea R V R, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U, Kammerer, Candace M, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kühnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, 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Rose, Lynda M, Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L, Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O, Schreiner, Pamela J, Scott, William R, Sever, Peter, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M, Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D, Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, André G, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B, Becker, Diane M, Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W, Chambers, John C, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Weir, David R, de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J, Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Freedman, Barry I, Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S, Laakso, Markku, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Pereira, Alexandre C, Perls, Thoma, Rauramaa, Rainer, Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J, Scott, Jame, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R, Wu, Tangchun, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C, Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S, Evans, Michele K, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hixson, Jame, Kardia, Sharon L R, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Psaty, Bruce M, van Dam, Rob M, Arnett, Donna K, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Ervin R, Hayward, Caroline, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Tai, E Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J F, Reiner, Alex P, Rotimi, Charles N, Bierut, Laura J, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Cupples, L Adrienne, Province, Michael A, Rotter, Jerome I, Franks, Paul W, Rice, Kenneth, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J, Gauderman, W Jame, Munroe, Patricia B, Rao, Dabeeru C, Morrison, Alanna C, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), Brigham and Women's Hospital [Boston], Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Harbor UCLA Medical Center [Torrance, Ca.], Département de Biologie Computationnelle - Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Harvard School of Public Health, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes - FR 3508 (EGID), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (K25HL121091 to Y.J.S.), National Institutes of Health (R01HL118305), We thank anonymous reviewers for critical reading and providing constructive and insightful comments, which substantially improved the article. This project, like several other projects, was carried out as part of the CHARGE Gene–Lifestyle Interactions Working Group., Conflict of Interest statement. The authors declare no competing financial interests except for the following: B.M.P. serves on the Data and Safety Monitoring Board of a clinical trial funded by the manufacturer (Zoll LifeCor) and on the Steering Committee of the Yale Open Data Access Project funded by Johnson & Johnson, O.H.F. received grants from Metagenics (on women’s health and epigenetics) and from Nestle (on child health), L.J.B. is listed as an inventor on Issued U.S. Patent 8,080,371,‘Markers for Addiction’ covering the use of certain SNPs in determining the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of addiction, P.S. has received research awards from Pfizer Inc, J.B.J. is a consultant for Mundipharma Co. (Cambridge, UK), Patent holder with Biocompatibles UK Ltd (Franham, Surrey, UK) (title: treatment of eye diseases using encapsulated cells encoding and secreting neuroprotective factor and/or anti-angiogenic factor, Patent number: 20120263794) and Patent application with University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany) (title: agents for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of myopia or hyperopia, Europäische Patentanmeldung 15000771.4), P.W.F. has been a paid consultant for Eli Lilly and Sanofi Aventis and has received research support from several pharmaceutical companies as part of a European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative project, M.A.N.'s participation is supported by a consulting contract between Data Tecnica International and the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, M.A.N. also consults for Illumina Inc, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and University of California Healthcare among others, and M.J. C. is chief scientist for Genomics England, a UK government company., Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Européen de Génomique du Diabète - European Genomic Institute for Diabetes - FR 3508 (EGID), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), University Management, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, HUS Abdominal Center, Endokrinologian yksikkö, Marten, Jonathan [0000-0001-6916-2014], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Zhao, Jing Hua [0000-0003-4930-3582], Forouhi, Nita [0000-0002-5041-248X], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, and Medical Research Council (MRC)

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Male, Receptors, Vasopressin, multi-ancestry, Genome-wide association study, Blood Pressure, HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AHR, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Antiporters, gene-smoking interaction, 0302 clinical medicine, Polymorphism (computer science), genome-wide study, Ethnicity, OXIDATIVE STRESS, Association Studies Article, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics (clinical), Genetics & Heredity, Genetics, ddc:616, Aged, 80 and over, 0303 health sciences, [STAT.AP]Statistics [stat]/Applications [stat.AP], DEPENDENT HYPERTENSION, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, Smoking, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, General Medicine, ASSOCIATION, Middle Aged, Caspase 9, 3. Good health, Pulse pressure, ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, Sulfate Transporters, T-CADHERIN, Hypertension, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, [STAT.ME]Statistics [stat]/Methodology [stat.ME], Adult, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mean arterial pressure, Adolescent, Diastole, Biology, elevated blood pressure, gene-smoking interactions, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Insulin resistance, Lifelines Cohort Study, medicine, Humans, Arterial Pressure, Molecular Biology, METAANALYSIS, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, Science & Technology, Polymorphism, Genetic, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Racial Groups, Membrane Proteins, 06 Biological Sciences, SYSTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE, BODY-MASS INDEX, medicine.disease, Blood pressure, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Heart failure, 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Gene-Environment Interaction, [INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM], Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Elevated blood pressure (BP), a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, is influenced by both genetic and lifestyle factors. Cigarette smoking is one such lifestyle factor. Across five ancestries, we performed a genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) in 129 913 individuals in stage 1 and follow-up analysis in 480 178 additional individuals in stage 2. We report here 136 loci significantly associated with MAP and/or PP. Of these, 61 were previously published through main-effect analysis of BP traits, 37 were recently reported by us for systolic BP and/or diastolic BP through gene–smoking interaction analysis and 38 were newly identified (P

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2019

30. A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

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Patricia A. Peyser, Jessica D. Faul, Sing Hui Lim, Xu Chen, Brian E. Cade, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, John C. Chambers, Tamar Sofer, Marzyeh Amini, Benjamin Lehne, W. James Gauderman, Wei Zhao, Andres Metspalu, R. Graham Barr, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Xueling Sim, Norihiro Kato, Daniel I. Chasman, Jasmin Divers, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Jing Hua Zhao, Yu Caizheng, Roby Joehanes, Nora Franceschini, Nita G. Forouhi, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Paul M. Ridker, Yun J. Sung, Mary F. Feitosa, Barbara V. Howard, Vilmundur Gudnason, Jost B. Jonas, Hua Tang, Yukihide Momozawa, Michael R. Brown, Tibor V. Varga, Franco Giulianini, Francis S. Collins, Alexander P. Reiner, Ulrich Broeckel, Tuomo Rankinen, Preeti Gupta, Tin Louie, Eric Boerwinkle, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Mark J. Caulfield, Albert Hofman, Aravinda Chakravarti, Paul W. Franks, Nicole Schupf, E. Shyong Tai, Carl D. Langefeld, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Lawrence F. Bielak, Treva Rice, Anne B. Newman, Ioanna Ntalla, Kae-Woei Liang, Nilesh J. Samani, Alena Stančáková, Thomas H. Mosley, Dan E. Arking, Kenneth Rice, Bruce M. Psaty, Jirong Long, Yechiel Friedlander, Jianjun Liu, Donna K. Arnett, Ya X. Wang, Xiuqing Guo, Anne E. Justice, Pamela J. Schreiner, Renée de Mutsert, Lisa de las Fuentes, Marcus Dörr, Amy R. Bentley, Susan Redline, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Melissa A. Richard, Sarah E. Harris, Pirjo Komulainen, Nicholette D. Palmer, Alexandre C. Pereira, Michele K. Evans, Jie Yao, Adesola Ogunniyi, Wen Bin Wei, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Yoichiro Kamatani, Charles Kooperberg, Helen R. Warren, Shiow Lin, Ozren Polasek, Makoto Hirata, Anubha Mahajan, Yingchang Lu, Jonathan Marten, Claudia P. Cabrera, Chuan Gao, Oscar H. Franco, Yongmei Liu, Mathilde Boissel, Olli T. Raitakari, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Y Liu, Claudia Langenberg, C. Charles Gu, Cathy C. Laurie, Tamuno Alfred, L. Adrienne Cupples, Yajuan Wang, Colin A. McKenzie, Mika Kähönen, Yize Li, Xiaofeng Zhu, Nana Matoba, James Scott, Marguerite R. Irvin, Markku Laakso, Frida Renström, Woon-Puay Koh, Dabeeru C. Rao, Yucheng Jia, Paul Elliott, Tangchun Wu, Caroline Hayward, Tamara B. Harris, Alison D. Murray, Karin Leander, Reedik Mägi, Keng-Hung Lin, Harold Snieder, Laura J. Bierut, Christine Williams, Solomon K. Musani, Michael A. Province, Charles B. Eaton, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Mario Sims, Steven C. Hunt, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Weihua Zhang, David R. Weir, Andrea R. V. R. Horimoto, Saima Afaq, Hugues Aschard, Ilaria Gandin, Michiaki Kubo, Jaspal S. Kooner, Peter S. Braund, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, Kent D. Taylor, Annette Peters, Wei Zheng, Rainer Rettig, Nicola D. Kerrison, Donald W. Bowden, Ruth J. F. Loos, Tanika N. Kelly, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Terrence Forrester, Igor Rudan, Brigitte Kühnel, Christopher P. Nelson, Ching-Yu Cheng, Alanna C. Morrison, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Jian-Min Yuan, Bruna Gigante, Lisa R. Yanek, Ching-Ti Liu, Ananda R. Wickremasinghe, Michael Boehnke, Tin Aung, Jin-Fang Chai, Kaare Christensen, Wen-Jane Lee, Stéphanie Debette, Jennifer A. Brody, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, John M. C. Connell, Ganesh Chauhan, Jian'an Luan, Melanie Waldenberger, Erin B. Ware, Paolo Gasparini, Chew-Kiat Heng, Lili Milani, Alisa K. Manning, José Eduardo Krieger, Kiang Liu, Mickaël Canouil, Robert A. Scott, Yik Ying Teo, Gregory P. Wilson, Stella Aslibekyan, Andrew P. Morris, Thomas Meitinger, Jennifer A. Smith, Yi-Jen Hung, Myriam Fornage, Dina Vojinovic, William R. Scott, Virginia Fisher, Peter S. Sever, André G. Uitterlinden, Najaf Amin, Lenore J. Launer, Hugh Watkins, Johanna Kuusisto, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Georg Ehret, Heming Wang, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Jingmin Liu, Colleen M. Sitlani, Anuj Goel, Bamidele O. Tayo, Daniel Levy, Barry I. Freedman, Marie Loh, Yanhua Zhou, Charles N. Rotimi, Qing Duan, Aldi T. Kraja, He Meian, Archie Campbell, Kari E. North, Tien Yin Wong, Salman M. Tajuddin, Traci M. Bartz, Mike A. Nalls, Misa Graff, Dongfeng Gu, Sudha Seshadri, Tõnu Esko, Antonietta Robino, Anne U. Jackson, H. Janaka de Silva, Peter J. van der Most, Fang-Chi Hsu, Chiea Chuen Khor, Changwei Li, Sami Heikkinen, Maris Alver, Karen Schwander, Wanqing Wen, Rainer Rauramaa, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Ubaydah Nasri, Peter J. Munson, He Gao, Evangelos Evangelou, Philippe Froguel, Ervin R. Fox, Christian Gieger, Kurt Lohman, James S. Pankow, Nicholas J. Wareham, Lynda M. Rose, Massimiliano Cocca, Rob M. van Dam, John M. Starr, Martin Farrall, Stefan Weiss, Konstantin Strauch, Albert V. Smith, Jill M. Norris, Raymond Noordam, Cora E. Lewis, Claude Bouchard, Ulf de Faire, Walter Palmas, Diane M. Becker, Kevin Sandow, Tomohiro Katsuya, Jiang He, Nancy L. Pedersen, Bernardo L. Horta, Joel D. Kaufman, Terho Lehtimäki, Heikki A. Koistinen, Thomas W. Winkler, Ian J. Deary, Richard S. Cooper, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Jerome I. Rotter, Lihua Wang, Yih Chung Tham, Babatunde L. Salako, Mary K. Wojczynski, Pim van der Harst, Jennifer G. Robinson, Erwin P. Bottinger, Alan B. Zonderman, Patricia B. Munroe, Ehret, Georg Benedikt, Harvard School of Public Health, Centre de Bioinformatique, Biostatistique et Biologie Intégrative (C3BI), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Bordeaux population health (BPH), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), The various Gene-Lifestyle Interaction projects, including this one, are largely supported by a grant from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health, R01HL118305. A Career Development Award (K25HL121091), also from the NHLBI, enabled Y.J.S. to lead this project. Full set of study-specific funding sources and acknowledgments appear in the Supplemental Note., Sung, Yun J., Winkler, Thomas W., de las Fuentes, Lisa, Bentley, Amy R., Brown, Michael R., Kraja, Aldi T., Schwander, Karen, Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Lu, Yingchang, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Li, Changwei, Feitosa, Mary F., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Richard, Melissa A., Noordam, Raymond, Aslibekyan, Stella, Aschard, Hugue, Bartz, Traci M., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Liu, Yongmei, Manning, Alisa K., Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert Vernon, Tajuddin, Salman M., Tayo, Bamidele O., Warren, Helen R., Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Yanhua, Matoba, Nana, Sofer, Tamar, Alver, Mari, Amini, Marzyeh, Boissel, Mathilde, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, Chuan, Giulianini, Franco, Goel, Anuj, Harris, Sarah E., Hartwig, Fernando Pire, Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kähönen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Kühnel, Brigitte, Leander, Karin, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lin, Keng-Hung, ’an Luan, Jian, Mckenzie, Colin A., Meian, He, Nelson, Christopher P., Rauramaa, Rainer, Schupf, Nicole, Scott, Robert A., Sheu, Wayne H. H., Stančáková, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, van der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Wang, Heming, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Alfred, Tamuno, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan, Aung, Tin, Barr, R. Graham, Bielak, Lawrence F., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brody, Jennifer A., Broeckel, Ulrich, Cabrera, Claudia P., Cade, Brian, Caizheng, Yu, Campbell, Archie, Canouil, Mickaël, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chauhan, Ganesh, Christensen, Kaare, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Connell, John M., de Mutsert, Renée, de Silva, H. Janaka, Debette, Stephanie, Dörr, Marcu, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Evangelou, Evangelo, Faul, Jessica D., Fisher, Virginia A., Forouhi, Nita G., Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gao, He, Gigante, Bruna, Graff, Misa, Gu, C. Charle, Gu, Dongfeng, Gupta, Preeti, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Hofman, Albert, Howard, Barbara V., Hunt, Steven, Irvin, Marguerite R., Jia, Yucheng, Joehanes, Roby, Justice, Anne E., Katsuya, Tomohiro, Kaufman, Joel, Kerrison, Nicola D., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Koh, Woon-Puay, Koistinen, Heikki A., Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooperberg, Charle, Krieger, Jose E., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lim, Sing Hui, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Liu, Kiang, Liu, Yeheng, Loh, Marie, Lohman, Kurt K., Long, Jirong, Louie, Tin, Mägi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Meitinger, Thoma, Metspalu, Andre, Milani, Lili, Momozawa, Yukihide, Morris, Andrew P., Mosley, Thomas H., Munson, Peter, Murray, Alison D., Nalls, Mike A., Nasri, Ubaydah, Norris, Jill M., North, Kari, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankow, James S., Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T., Renström, Frida, Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Robinson, Jennifer G., Rose, Lynda M., Rudan, Igor, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salako, Babatunde L., Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Scott, William R., Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Uitterlinden, André G., Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya X., Wei, Wen Bin, Williams, Christine, Wilson, Gregory, Wojczynski, Mary K., Yao, Jie, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, de Faire, Ulf, Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Forrester, Terrence, Franks, Paul W., Freedman, Barry I., Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Hung, Yi-Jen, Jonas, Jost B., Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S., Laakso, Markku, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liang, Kae-Woei, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Newman, Anne B., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Pereira, Alexandre C., Redline, Susan, Rettig, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, Jame, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Laurie, Cathy C., Bouchard, Claude, Cooper, Richard S., Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Levy, Daniel, O'Connell, Jeff R., Psaty, Bruce M., van Dam, Rob M., Sims, Mario, Arnett, Donna K., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Kelly, Tanika N., Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N., Province, Michael A., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Loos, Ruth J. F., Reiner, Alex P., Rotter, Jerome I., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Bierut, Laura J., Gauderman, W. Jame, Caulfield, Mark J., Elliott, Paul, Rice, Kenneth, Munroe, Patricia B., Morrison, Alanna C., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Rao, Dabeeru C., Chasman, Daniel I., Marten, Jonathan [0000-0001-6916-2014], Zhao, Jing Hua [0000-0003-4930-3582], Forouhi, Nita [0000-0002-5041-248X], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Clinicum, Department of Medicine, Endokrinologian yksikkö, HUS Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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0301 basic medicine, Male, multi-ancestry, Smoking/genetics, Genome-wide association study, Continental Population Groups/genetics, INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, Cohort Studies, Diastole, Polymorphism (computer science), GWAS, TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS AO USO DE ÁLCOOL, GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, Genetics (clinical), ddc:616, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, Multi-ancestry, Smoking, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, blood pressure, GxE interaction, Diastole/genetics, 3. Good health, FALSE DISCOVERY RATE, Blood pressure, Medical genetics, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, Female, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Systole/genetics, BODY-MASS INDEX, ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS, COMMON VARIANTS, METAANALYSIS, DISEASE, OBESITY, JOINT, medicine.medical_specialty, lifestyle, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, Blood Pressure/genetics, Systole, Quantitative Trait Loci, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Accounting, Biology, Quantitative trait locus, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, GxE interactions, Article, smoking, 03 medical and health sciences, Genetic, medicine, Genetics, Journal Article, Humans, Polymorphism, Genetic association, ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, business.industry, Racial Groups, Reproducibility of Results, Epistasis, Genetic, ta3121, Lifestyle, Genetic architecture, NICOTINE DEPENDENCE, 030104 developmental biology, Genetic Loci, Epistasis, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, 3111 Biomedicine, business, Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study
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The authors declare no competing financial interests except for the following. B.M.P. serves on the DSMB of a clinical trial funded by the manufacturer (Zoll LifeCor) and on the Steering Committee of the Yale Open Data Access Project funded by Johnson & Johnson; O.H.F. received grants from Metagenics (on women’s health and epigenetics) and from Nestle (on child health); L.J.B. is listed as an inventor on Issued U.S. Patent 8,080,371,“Markers for Addiction” covering the use of certain SNPs in determining the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of addiction; P.S. has received research awards from Pfizer Inc., is a consultant for Mundipharma Co. (Cambridge, UK), is a patent holder with Biocompatibles UK Ltd. (Franham, Surrey, UK) (Title: Treatment of eye diseases using encapsulated cells encoding and secreting neuroprotective factor and/or anti-angiogenic factor; Patent number: 20120263794), and has a patent application with University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany) (Title: Agents for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of myopia or hyperopia; Europäische Patentanmeldung 15 000 771.4); P.W.F. has been a paid consultant for Eli Lilly and Sanofi Aventis and has received research support from several pharmaceutical companies as part of a European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) project; M.A.N.’s participation is supported by a consulting contract between Data Tecnica Internation and the National Institute on Aging (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA), and he also consults for Illumina, Inc., the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and University of California Healthcare among others; and M.J.C. is Chief Scientist for Genomics England, a UK government company.; International audience; Genome-wide association analysis advanced understanding of blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for vascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Accounting for smoking behavior may help identify BP loci and extend our knowledge of its genetic architecture. We performed genome-wide association meta-analyses of systolic and diastolic BP incorporating gene-smoking interactions in 610,091 individuals. Stage 1 analysis examined approximately 18.8 million SNPs and small insertion/deletion variants in 129,913 individuals from four ancestries (European, African, Asian, and Hispanic) with follow-up analysis of promising variants in 480,178 additional individuals from five ancestries. We identified 15 loci that were genome-wide significant (p < 5 x 10(-8)) in stage 1 and formally replicated in stage 2. A combined stage 1 and 2 meta-analysis identified 66 additional genome-wide significant loci (13, 35, and 18 loci in European, African, and trans-ancestry, respectively). A total of 56 known BP loci were also identified by our results (p < 5 x 10(-8)). Of the newly identified loci, ten showed significant interaction with smoking status, but none of them were replicated in stage 2. Several loci were identified in African ancestry, highlighting the importance of genetic studies in diverse populations. The identified loci show strong evidence for regulatory features and support shared pathophysiology with cardiometabolic and addiction traits. They also highlight a role in BP regulation for biological candidates such as modulators of vascular structure and function (CDKN1B, BCAR1-CFDP1, PXDN, EEA1), ciliopathies (SDCCAG8, RPGRIP1L), telomere maintenance (TNKS, PINX1, AKTIP), and central dopaminergic signaling (MSRA, EBF2).

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2018

31. Association of Birth Weight With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

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Huang T, Wang T, Zheng Y, Ellervik C, Li X, Gao M, Fang Z, Chai JF, Ahluwalia TVS, Wang Y, Voortman T, Noordam R, Frazier-Wood A, Scholz M, Sonestedt E, Akiyama M, Dorajoo R, Zhou A, Kilpeläinen TO, Kleber ME, Crozier SR, Godfrey KM, Lemaitre R, Felix JF, Shi Y, Gupta P, Khor CC, Lehtimäki T, Wang CA, Tiesler CMT, Thiering E, Standl M, Rzehak P, Marouli E, He M, Lecoeur C, Corella D, Lai CQ, Moreno LA, Pitkänen N, Boreham CA, Zhang T, Saw SM, Ridker PM, Graff M, van Rooij FJA, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, van Heemst D, Rosendaal FR, de Mutsert R, Burkhardt R, Schulz CA, Ericson U, Kamatani Y, Yuan JM, Power C, Hansen T, Sørensen TIA, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Delgado G, Cooper C, Djousse L, Rivadeneira F, Jameson K, Zhao W, Liu J, Lee NR, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Grote V, Langhendries JP, Koletzko B, Escribano J, Verduci E, Dedoussis G, Yu C, Tham YC, Lim B, Lim SH, Froguel P, Balkau B, Fink NR, Vinding RK, Sevelsted A, Bisgaard H, Coltell O, Dallongeville J, Gottrand F, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Hyppönen E, Pedersen O, März W, Inskip H, Jaddoe VWV, Dennison E, Wong TY, Sabanayagam C, Tai ES, Mohlke KL, Mackey DA, Gruszfeld D, Deloukas P, Tucker KL, Fumeron F, Bønnelykke K, Rossing P, Estruch R, Ordovas JM, Arnett DK, Meirhaeghe A, Amouyel P, Cheng CY, Sim X, Teo YY, van Dam RM, Koh WP, Orho-Melander M, Loeffler M, Kubo M, Thiery J, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mozaffarian D, Psaty BM, Franco OH, Wu T, North KE, Davey Smith G, Chavarro JE, Chasman DI, and Qi L

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Asian People genetics, Blood Glucose metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics, Asia, Eastern, Female, Genetic Variation, Glycated Hemoglobin metabolism, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Insulin metabolism, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People genetics, Young Adult, Birth Weight genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology
Abstract

Importance: Observational studies have shown associations of birth weight with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and glycemic traits, but it remains unclear whether these associations represent causal associations., Objective: To test the association of birth weight with T2D and glycemic traits using a mendelian randomization analysis., Design, Setting, and Participants: This mendelian randomization study used a genetic risk score for birth weight that was constructed with 7 genome-wide significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms. The associations of this score with birth weight and T2D were tested in a mendelian randomization analysis using study-level data. The association of birth weight with T2D was tested using both study-level data (7 single-nucleotide polymorphisms were used as an instrumental variable) and summary-level data from the consortia (43 single-nucleotide polymorphisms were used as an instrumental variable). Data from 180 056 participants from 49 studies were included., Main Outcomes and Measures: Type 2 diabetes and glycemic traits., Results: This mendelian randomization analysis included 49 studies with 41 155 patients with T2D and 80 008 control participants from study-level data and 34 840 patients with T2D and 114 981 control participants from summary-level data. Study-level data showed that a 1-SD decrease in birth weight due to the genetic risk score was associated with higher risk of T2D among all participants (odds ratio [OR], 2.10; 95% CI, 1.69-2.61; P = 4.03 × 10-5), among European participants (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.42-2.71; P = .04), and among East Asian participants (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.18-1.62; P = .04). Similar results were observed from summary-level analyses. In addition, each 1-SD lower birth weight was associated with 0.189 SD higher fasting glucose concentration (β = 0.189; SE = 0.060; P = .002), but not with fasting insulin, 2-hour glucose, or hemoglobin A1c concentration., Conclusions and Relevance: In this study, a genetic predisposition to lower birth weight was associated with increased risk of T2D and higher fasting glucose concentration, suggesting genetic effects on retarded fetal growth and increased diabetes risk that either are independent of each other or operate through alterations of integrated biological mechanisms.

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2019
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32. A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.

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Sung YJ, de las Fuentes L, Winkler TW, Chasman DI, Bentley AR, Kraja AT, Ntalla I, Warren HR, Guo X, Schwander K, Manning AK, Brown MR, Aschard H, Feitosa MF, Franceschini N, Lu Y, Cheng CY, Sim X, Vojinovic D, Marten J, Musani SK, Kilpeläinen TO, Richard MA, Aslibekyan S, Bartz TM, Dorajoo R, Li C, Liu Y, Rankinen T, Smith AV, Tajuddin SM, Tayo BO, Zhao W, Zhou Y, Matoba N, Sofer T, Alver M, Amini M, Boissel M, Chai JF, Chen X, Divers J, Gandin I, Gao C, Giulianini F, Goel A, Harris SE, Hartwig FP, He M, Horimoto ARVR, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Kammerer CM, Kasturiratne A, Komulainen P, Kühnel B, Leander K, Lee WJ, Lin KH, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, McKenzie CA, Nelson CP, Noordam R, Scott RA, Sheu WHH, Stančáková A, Takeuchi F, van der Most PJ, Varga TV, Waken RJ, Wang H, Wang Y, Ware EB, Weiss S, Wen W, Yanek LR, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Afaq S, Alfred T, Amin N, Arking DE, Aung T, Barr RG, Bielak LF, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Cade B, Campbell A, Canouil M, Chakravarti A, Cocca M, Collins FS, Connell JM, de Mutsert R, de Silva HJ, Dörr M, Duan Q, Eaton CB, Ehret G, Evangelou E, Faul JD, Forouhi NG, Franco OH, Friedlander Y, Gao H, Gigante B, Gu CC, Gupta P, Hagenaars SP, Harris TB, He J, Heikkinen S, Heng CK, Hofman A, Howard BV, Hunt SC, Irvin MR, Jia Y, Katsuya T, Kaufman J, Kerrison ND, Khor CC, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Kooperberg CB, Krieger JE, Kubo M, Kutalik Z, Kuusisto J, Lakka TA, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lee JH, Lehne B, Levy D, Lewis CE, Li Y, Lim SH, Liu CT, Liu J, Liu J, Liu Y, Loh M, Lohman KK, Louie T, Mägi R, Matsuda K, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Milani L, Momozawa Y, Mosley TH Jr, Nalls MA, Nasri U, O'Connell JR, Ogunniyi A, Palmas WR, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Porteous D, Raitakari OT, Renström F, Rice TK, Ridker PM, Robino A, Robinson JG, Rose LM, Rudan I, Sabanayagam C, Salako BL, Sandow K, Schmidt CO, Schreiner PJ, Scott WR, Sever P, Sims M, Sitlani CM, Smith BH, Smith JA, Snieder H, Starr JM, Strauch K, Tang H, Taylor KD, Teo YY, Tham YC, Uitterlinden AG, Waldenberger M, Wang L, Wang YX, Wei WB, Wilson G, Wojczynski MK, Xiang YB, Yao J, Yuan JM, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Chen YI, Weir DR, de Faire U, Deary IJ, Esko T, Farrall M, Forrester T, Freedman BI, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Horta BL, Hung YJ, Jonas JB, Kato N, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Lehtimäki T, Liang KW, Magnusson PKE, Oldehinkel AJ, Pereira AC, Perls T, Rauramaa R, Redline S, Rettig R, Samani NJ, Scott J, Shu XO, van der Harst P, Wagenknecht LE, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Wickremasinghe AR, Wu T, Kamatani Y, Laurie CC, Bouchard C, Cooper RS, Evans MK, Gudnason V, Hixson J, Kardia SLR, Kritchevsky SB, Psaty BM, van Dam RM, Arnett DK, Mook-Kanamori DO, Fornage M, Fox ER, Hayward C, van Duijn CM, Tai ES, Wong TY, Loos RJF, Reiner AP, Rotimi CN, Bierut LJ, Zhu X, Cupples LA, Province MA, Rotter JI, Franks PW, Rice K, Elliott P, Caulfield MJ, Gauderman WJ, Munroe PB, Rao DC, and Morrison AC

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antiporters genetics, Blood Pressure genetics, Caspase 9 genetics, Ethnicity genetics, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Hypertension etiology, Male, Membrane Proteins genetics, Middle Aged, Receptors, Vasopressin genetics, Sulfate Transporters genetics, Tumor Suppressor Proteins genetics, Young Adult, Arterial Pressure genetics, Gene-Environment Interaction, Hypertension genetics, Polymorphism, Genetic, Racial Groups genetics, Smoking adverse effects
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Elevated blood pressure (BP), a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, is influenced by both genetic and lifestyle factors. Cigarette smoking is one such lifestyle factor. Across five ancestries, we performed a genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) in 129 913 individuals in stage 1 and follow-up analysis in 480 178 additional individuals in stage 2. We report here 136 loci significantly associated with MAP and/or PP. Of these, 61 were previously published through main-effect analysis of BP traits, 37 were recently reported by us for systolic BP and/or diastolic BP through gene-smoking interaction analysis and 38 were newly identified (P < 5 × 10-8, false discovery rate < 0.05). We also identified nine new signals near known loci. Of the 136 loci, 8 showed significant interaction with smoking status. They include CSMD1 previously reported for insulin resistance and BP in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. Many of the 38 new loci show biologic plausibility for a role in BP regulation. SLC26A7 encodes a chloride/bicarbonate exchanger expressed in the renal outer medullary collecting duct. AVPR1A is widely expressed, including in vascular smooth muscle cells, kidney, myocardium and brain. FHAD1 is a long non-coding RNA overexpressed in heart failure. TMEM51 was associated with contractile function in cardiomyocytes. CASP9 plays a central role in cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Identified only in African ancestry were 30 novel loci. Our findings highlight the value of multi-ancestry investigations, particularly in studies of interaction with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences may contribute to novel findings., (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

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2019
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33. Study of a US cohort supports the role of ZNF644 and high-grade myopia susceptibility.

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Tran-Viet KN, St Germain E, Soler V, Powell C, Lim SH, Klemm T, Saw SM, and Young TL

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Base Sequence, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Exons, Eye pathology, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Introns, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Myopia pathology, Pedigree, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, United States, Black or African American, Black People genetics, Eye metabolism, Myopia genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Trans-Activators genetics, White People genetics, Zinc Fingers genetics
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Purpose: Myopia, or nearsightedness, is highly prevalent in Asian countries and is considered a serious public health issue globally. High-grade myopia can predispose individuals to myopic maculopathy, premature cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. A recent study implicated zinc finger protein 644 isoform 1 (ZNF644) variants with non-syndromic high-grade myopia in a Chinese-Asian population. Herein we focused on investigating the role for ZNF644 variants in high-grade myopia in a United States (US) cohort., Methods: DNA from a case cohort of 131 subject participants diagnosed with high-grade myopia was screened for ZNF644 variants. Spherical refractive error of -≤-6.00 diopters (D) in at least one eye was defined as affected. All coding, intron/exon boundaries were screened using Sanger sequencing. Single nucleotide allele frequencies were determined by screening 672 ethnically matched controls., Results: Sequencing analysis did not detect previously reported mutations. However, our analysis identified 2 novel single nucleotide variants (c.725C>T, c.821A>T) in 2 high-grade myopia individuals- one Caucasian and one African American, respectively. These variants were not found in normal controls. A rare variant - dbsSNP132 (rs12117237→c.2119A>G) - with a minor allele frequency of 0.2% was present in 6 additional cases, but was also present in 5 controls., Conclusions: Our study has identified two novel variants in ZNF644 associated with high-grade myopia in a US cohort. Our results suggest that ZNF644 may play a role in myopia development.

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2012

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