Large-scale Association Analysis Identifies 13 New Susceptibility Loci for Coronary Artery Disease

TitleLarge-scale Association Analysis Identifies 13 New Susceptibility Loci for Coronary Artery Disease
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsConsortium, T. C. A. R. D. IoG. R. A. M.
Published inNature Genetics
Volume43
Issue4
Page(s)333-338
Other Numbers3174
Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery disease (CAD) comprising 22,233 individuals with CAD (cases) and 64,762 controls of European descent followed by genotyping of top association signals in 56,682 additional individuals. This analysis identified 13 loci newly associated with CAD at P < 5 × 10?? and confirmed the association of 10 of 12 previously reported CAD loci. The 13 new loci showed risk allele frequencies ranging from 0.13 to 0.91 and were associated with a 6% to 17% increase in the risk of CAD per allele. Notably, only three of the new loci showed significant association with traditional CAD risk factors and the majority lie in gene regions not previously implicated in the pathogenesis of CAD. Finally, five of the new CAD risk loci appear to have pleiotropic effects, showing strong association with various other human diseases or traits.

Bibliographic Notes

Nature Genetics, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 333-338

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The CARDIoGRAM Consortium

ICSI Research Group

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