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Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses
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Winkler, T Day, F Croteau Chonka, D Wood, A Locke, A Mägi, R Ferreira, T Fall, T Graff, M Justice, A Luan, J Gustafsson, S Randall, J Vedantam, S Workalemahu, T Kilpeläinen, T Scherag, A Esko, T Kutalik, Z Heid, I Loos, R Abecasis GR Absher D Alavere H Albrecht E Allen HL Almgren P Amin N Amouyel P Anderson D Arnold AM Arveiler D Aspelund T Asselbergs FW Assimes TL Atalay M Attwood AP Atwood LD Bakker SJ Balkau B Balmforth AJ Barlassina C Barroso I Basart H Bauer S Beckmann JS Beilby JP Bennett AJ Ben Shlomo Y Bergman RN Bergmann S Berndt SI Biffar R Di Blasio AM Boehm BO Boehnke M Boeing H Boerwinkle E Bolton JL Bonnefond A Bonnycastle LL Boomsma DI Borecki IB Bornstein SR Bouatia Naji N Boucher G Bragg Gresham JL BRAMBILLA, PAOLO Bruinenberg M Buchanan TA Buechler C Cadby G Campbell H Caulfield MJ Cavalcanti Proença C CESANA, GIANCARLO Chanock SJ Chasman DI Chen YD Chines PS Clegg DJ Coin L Collins FS Connell JM Cookson W Cooper MN Croteau Chonka DC Cupples LA Cusi D Day FR Day IN Dedoussis GV Dei M Deloukas P Dermitzakis ET Dimas AS Dimitriou M Dixon AL Dörr M van Duijn CM Ebrahim S Edkins S Eiriksdottir G Eisinger K Eklund N Elliott P Erbel R Erdmann J Erdos MR Eriksson JG Esko T Estrada K Evans DM de Faire U Fall T Farrall M Feitosa MF Ferrario MM Ferreira T Ferrières J Fischer K Fisher E Fowkes G Fox CS Franke L Franks PW Fraser RM Frau F Frayling T Freimer NB Froguel P Fu M Gaget S Ganna A Gejman PV Gentilini D Geus EJ Gieger C Gigante B Gjesing AP Glazer NL Goddard ME Goel A Grallert H Gräßler J Grönberg H Groop LC Groves CJ Gudnason V Guiducci C Gustafsson S Gyllensten U Hall AS Hall P Hallmans G Hamsten A Hansen T Haritunians T Harris TB van der Harst P Hartikainen AL Hassanali N Hattersley AT Havulinna AS Hayward C Heard Costa NL Heath AC Hebebrand J Heid IM den Heijer M Hengstenberg C Herzig KH Hicks AA Hingorani A Hinney A Hirschhorn JN Hofman A Holmes CC Homuth G Hottenga JJ Hovingh KG Hu FB Hu YJ Huffman JE Hui J Huikuri H Humphries SE Hung J Hunt SE Hunter D Hveem K Hyppönen E Igl W Illig T Ingelsson E Iribarren C Isomaa B Jackson AU Jacobs KB James AL Jansson JO Jarick I Jarvelin MR Jöckel KH Johansson Å Johnson T Jolley J Jørgensen T Jousilahti P Jula A Justice AE Kaakinen M Kähönen M Kajantie E Kanoni S Kao WH Kaplan LM Kaplan RC Kaprio J Kapur K Karpe F Kathiresan S Kee F Keinanen Kiukaanniemi SM Ketkar S Kettunen J Khaw KT Kiemeney LA Kilpeläinen TO Kinnunen L Kivimaki M Kivmaki M Van der Klauw MM Kleber ME Knowles JW Koenig W Kolcic I Kolovou G König IR Koskinen S Kovacs P Kraft P Kraja AT Kristiansson K KrjutÅjkov K Kroemer HK Krohn JP Krzelj V Kuh D Kulzer JR Kumari M Kutalik Z Kuulasmaa K Kuusisto J Kvaloy K Laakso M Laitinen JH Lakka TA Lamina C Langenberg C Lantieri O Lathrop GM Launer LJ Lawlor DA Lawrence RW Leach IM Lecoeur C Lee SH Lehtimäki T Leitzmann MF Lettre G Levinson DF Li G Li S Liang L Lin DY Lind L Lindgren CM Lindström J Liu J Liuzzi A Locke AE Lokki ML Loley C Loos RJ Lorentzon M Luan J Luben RN Ludwig B Madden PA Mägi R Magnusson PK Mangino M Manunta P Marek D Marre M Martin NG März W Maschio A Mathieson I McArdle WL McCaroll SA McCarthy A McCarthy MI McKnight B Medina Gomez C Medland SE Meitinger T Metspalu A van Meurs JB Meyre D Midthjell K Mihailov E Milani L Min JL Moebus S Moffatt MF Mohlke KL Molony C Monda KL Montgomery GW Mooser V Morken MA Morris AD Morris AP Mühleisen TW Müller Nurasyid M Munroe PB Musk AW Narisu N Navis G Neale BM Nelis M Nemesh J Neville MJ Ngwa JS Nicholson G Nieminen MS Njølstad I Nohr EA Nolte IM North KE Nöthen MM Nyholt DR O'Connell JR Ohlsson C Oldehinkel AJ van Ommen GJ Ong KK Oostra BA Ouwehand WH Palmer CN Palmer LJ Palotie A Paré G Parker AN Paternoster L Pawitan Y Pechlivanis S Peden JF Pedersen NL Pedersen O Pellikka N Peltonen L Penninx B Perola M Perry JR Person T Peters A Peters MJ Pichler I Pietiläinen KH Platou CG Polasek O Pouta A Power C Pramstaller PP Preuss M Price JF Prokopenko I Province MA Psaty BM Purcell S Pütter C Qi L Quertermous T Radhakrishnan A Raitakari O Randall JC Rauramaa R Rayner NW Rehnberg E Rendon A Ridderstråle M Ridker PM Ripatti S Rissanen A Rivadeneira F Rivolta C Robertson NR Rose LM Rudan I Saaristo TE Sager H Salomaa V Samani NJ Sambrook JG Sanders AR Sandholt C Sanna S Saramies J Schadt EE Scherag A Schipf S Schlessinger D Schreiber S Schunkert H Schwarz PE Scott LJ Shi J Shin SY Shuldiner AR Shungin D Signorini S Silander K Sinisalo J Skrobek B Smit JH Smith AV Smith GD Snieder H Soranzo N Sørensen TI Sovio U Spector TD Speliotes EK Stančáková A Stark K Stefansson K Steinthorsdottir V Stephens JC Stirrups K Stolk RP Strachan DP Strawbridge RJ Stringham HM Stumvoll M Surakka I Swift AJ Syvanen AC Tammesoo ML Teder Laving M Teslovich TM Teumer A Theodoraki EV Thomson B Thorand B Thorleifsson G Thorsteinsdottir U Timpson NJ Tönjes A Tregouet DA Tremoli E Trip MD Tuomi T Tuomilehto J Tyrer J Uda M Uitterlinden AG Usala G Uusitupa M Valle TT Vandenput L Vatin V Vedantam S de Vegt F Vermeulen SH Viikari J Virtamo J Visscher PM Vitart V Van Vliet Ostaptchouk JV Voight BF Vollenweider P Volpato CB Völzke H Waeber G Waite LL Wallaschofski H Walters GB Wang Z Wareham NJ Watanabe RM Watkins H Weedon MN Welch R Weyant RJ Wheeler E White CC Wichmann HE Widen E Wild SH Willemsen G Willer CJ Wilsgaard T Wilson JF van Wingerden S Winkelmann BR Winkler TW Witte DR Witteman JC Wolffenbuttel BH Wong A Wood AR Workalemahu T Wright AF Yang J Yarnell JW Zgaga L Zhao JH Zillikens MC Zitting P Zondervan KT Life Course Epidemiology (LCE) Lifestyle Medicine (LM) Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM) Winkler, T Day, F Croteau Chonka, D Wood, A Locke, A Mägi, R Ferreira, T Fall, T Graff, M Justice, A Luan, J Gustafsson, S Randall, J Vedantam, S Workalemahu, T Kilpeläinen, T Scherag, A Esko, T Kutalik, Z Heid, I Loos, R Abecasis, G Absher, D Alavere, H Albrecht, E Allen, H Almgren, P Amin, N Amouyel, P Anderson, D Arnold, A Arveiler, D Aspelund, T Asselbergs, F Assimes, T Atalay, M Attwood, A Atwood, L Bakker, S Balkau, B Balmforth, A Barlassina, C Barroso, I Basart, H Bauer, S Beckmann, J Beilby, J Bennett, A Ben Shlomo, Y Bergman, R Bergmann, S Berndt, S Biffar, R Di Blasio, A Boehm, B Boehnke, M Boeing, H Boerwinkle, E Bolton, J Bonnefond, A Bonnycastle, L Boomsma, D Borecki, I Bornstein, S Bouatia Naji, N Boucher, G Bragg Gresham, J Brambilla, P Bruinenberg, M Buchanan, T Buechler, C Cadby, G Campbell, H Caulfield, M Cavalcanti Proença, C Cesana, G Chanock, S Chasman, D Chen, Y Chines, P Clegg, D Coin, L Collins, F Connell, J Cookson, W Cooper, M Cupples, L Cusi, D Day, I Dedoussis, G Dei, M Deloukas, P Dermitzakis, E Dimas, A Dimitriou, M Dixon, A Dörr, M van Duijn, C Ebrahim, S Edkins, S Eiriksdottir, G Eisinger, K Eklund, N Elliott, P Erbel, R Erdmann, J Erdos, M Eriksson, J Estrada, K Evans, D de Faire, U Farrall, M Feitosa, M Ferrario, M Ferrières, J Fischer, K Fisher, E Fowkes, G Fox, C Franke, L Franks, P Fraser, R Frau, F 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Nature Protocols, 9, 1192-212, Nature protocols, Winkler, T W, Day, F R, Croteau-Chonka, D C, Wood, A R, Locke, A E, Mägi, R, Ferreira, T, Fall, T, Graff, M, Justice, A E, Luan, J, Gustafsson, S, Randall, J C, Vedantam, S, Workalemahu, T, Kilpeläinen, T O, Scherag, A, Esko, T, Kutalik, Z, Heid, I M, Loos, R J F, Boomsma, D I, de Geus, E J C, Hottenga, J J, Willemsen, G, Penninx, B W J H & Smit, J H 2014, ' Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses ', Nature Protocols, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1192-1212 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2014.071, Nature protocols, 9(5), 1192-1212. Nature Publishing Group, Nature Protocols, 9(5), 1192-1212. Nature Publishing Group, Nature Protocols, 9, 5, pp. 1192-212, Nature Protocols, 9(5), 1192-1212, Winkler, T W, Day, F R, Croteau-Chonka, D C, Wood, A R, Locke, A E, Mägi, R, Ferreira, T, Fall, T, Graff, M, Justice, A E, Luan, J, Gustafsson, S, Randall, J C, Vedantam, S, Workalemahu, T, Kilpeläinen, T O, Scherag, A, Esko, T, Kutalik, Z, Heid, I M, Loos, R J F & Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium (Ellen A. Nøhr, Daniel R. Witte; members) 2014, ' Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses ', Nature Protocols, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1192-212 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2014.071, Nature Protocols, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1192-1212
Publication Year :
2014
Abstract
Item does not contain fulltext Rigorous organization and quality control (QC) are necessary to facilitate successful genome-wide association meta-analyses (GWAMAs) of statistics aggregated across multiple genome-wide association studies. This protocol provides guidelines for (i) organizational aspects of GWAMAs, and for (ii) QC at the study file level, the meta-level across studies and the meta-analysis output level. Real-world examples highlight issues experienced and solutions developed by the GIANT Consortium that has conducted meta-analyses including data from 125 studies comprising more than 330,000 individuals. We provide a general protocol for conducting GWAMAs and carrying out QC to minimize errors and to guarantee maximum use of the data. We also include details for the use of a powerful and flexible software package called EasyQC. Precise timings will be greatly influenced by consortium size. For consortia of comparable size to the GIANT Consortium, this protocol takes a minimum of about 10 months to complete.
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ISSN :
17542189
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Protocols
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f5e53301d16a4ba95c807efda2798570
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2014.071