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Study Report - GWAS of erythrocyte traits in individuals of European ancestry (HGVST372)| HGVbaseG2P identifier | HGVST372 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Study name | GWAS of erythrocyte traits in individuals of European ancestry | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Phenotype(s) tested | Hematocrit Hemoglobin Mean corpuscular hemoglobin Mean corpuscular volume |
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| Study design | Quantitative trait analysis with replication | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genotype Platforms |
(imputed) Affymetrix & Illumina ~2.5 million | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Measurements of erythrocytes within the blood are important clinical traits and can indicate various hematological disorders. We report here genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for six erythrocyte traits, including hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and red blood cell count (RBC). We performed an initial GWAS in cohorts of the CHARGE Consortium totaling 24,167 individuals of European ancestry and replication in additional independent cohorts of the HaemGen Consortium totaling 9,456 individuals. We identified 23 loci significantly associated with these traits in a meta-analysis of the discovery and replication cohorts (combined P values ranging from 5 x 10(-8) to 7 x 10(-86)). Our findings include loci previously associated with these traits (HBS1L-MYB, HFE, TMPRSS6, TFR2, SPTA1) as well as new associations (EPO, TFRC, SH2B3 and 15 other loci). This study has identified new determinants of erythrocyte traits, offering insight into common variants underlying variation in erythrocyte measures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NHGRI GWAS catalog study annotation for HGVST372![]() |
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| Reason for study size | Not supplied | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sources of bias | Not supplied | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Acknowledgements | Not supplied | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other citations |
Hindorff LA, Sethupathy P, Junkins HA et al.
Potential etiologic and functional implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2009 May 27
Ganesh SK, Zakai NA, van Rooij FJ et al.
Multiple loci influence erythrocyte phenotypes in the CHARGE Consortium. Nature genetics 2009;41(11):1191-8 |