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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 30,000 samples identifies seven novel loci for quantitative ECG traits

  • Jessica van Setten*
  • , Niek Verweij
  • , Hamdi Mbarek
  • , Maartje N. Niemeijer
  • , Stella Trompet
  • , Dan E. Arking
  • , Jennifer A. Brody
  • , Ilaria Gandin
  • , Niels Grarup
  • , Leanne M. Hall
  • , Daiane Hemerich
  • , Leo Pekka Lyytikäinen
  • , Hao Mei
  • , Martina Müller-Nurasyid
  • , Bram P. Prins
  • , Antonietta Robino
  • , Albert V. Smith
  • , Helen R. Warren
  • , Folkert W. Asselbergs
  • , Dorret I. Boomsma
  • Mark J. Caulfield, Mark Eijgelsheim, Ian Ford, Torben Hansen, Tamara B. Harris, Susan R. Heckbert, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Annamaria Iorio, Jan A. Kors, Allan Linneberg, Peter W. MacFarlane, Thomas Meitinger, Christopher P. Nelson, Olli T. Raitakari, Claudia T. Silva Aldana, Gianfranco Sinagra, Moritz Sinner, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Monika Stoll, Andre Uitterlinden, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Melanie Waldenberger, Alvaro Alonso, Paolo Gasparini, Vilmundur Gudnason, Yalda Jamshidi, Stefan Kääb, Jørgen K. Kanters, Terho Lehtimäki, Patricia B. Munroe, Annette Peters, Nilesh J. Samani, Nona Sotoodehnia, Sheila Ulivi, James G. Wilson, Eco J.C. de Geus, J. Wouter Jukema, Bruno Stricker, Pim van der Harst, Paul I.W. de Bakker, Aaron Isaacs
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Utrecht University
  • Department of Cardiology
  • University of Groningen
  • Program in Medical and Population Genetics
  • Broad Institute
  • Department of Biological Psychology
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Department of Epidemiology
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • Leiden University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
  • University of Washington
  • Research Unit
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • University of Leicester
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Department of Clinical Chemistry
  • Tampere University
  • Center of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • University of Mississippi
  • Institute of Genetic Epidemiology
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • Department of Medicine I
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • German Centre for Cardiovascular Research
  • Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology
  • Human Genetics Research Centre
  • St. George's University of London
  • Institute for Maternal and Child Health
  • IRCCS Ospedale Infantile Burlo Garofolo - Trieste
  • Icelandic Heart Association
  • University of Iceland
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • NIHR Barts Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
  • Durrer Center for Cardiovascular Research
  • Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands
  • Institute of Cardiovascular Science
  • University College London
  • Department of Nephrology
  • University of Glasgow
  • Laboratory of Epidemiology
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Cardiovascular Department
  • University of Trieste
  • Department of Medical Informatics
  • Center for Clinical Research and Prevention
  • Department of Clinical Medicine
  • Institute of Health and Wellbeing
  • Institute of Human Genetics
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
  • University of Turku
  • Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences
  • Universidad del Rosario
  • GENIUROS Group
  • Department of Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Wake Forest University
  • Maastricht University
  • Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio)
  • Department of Biochemistry
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • Research Unit Molecular Epidemiology
  • Institute of Epidemiology II
  • Department of Epidemiology
  • Emory University
  • Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology
  • German Center for Diabetes Research
  • Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Department of Genetics
  • Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research
  • Department of Genetics
  • Department of Epidemiology
  • Institute of Human Genetics

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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of quantitative electrocardiographic (ECG) traits in large consortia have identified more than 130 loci associated with QT interval, QRS duration, PR interval, and heart rate (RR interval). In the current study, we meta-analyzed genome-wide association results from 30,000 mostly Dutch samples on four ECG traits: PR interval, QRS duration, QT interval, and RR interval. SNP genotype data was imputed using the Genome of the Netherlands reference panel encompassing 19 million SNPs, including millions of rare SNPs (minor allele frequency < 5%). In addition to many known loci, we identified seven novel locus-trait associations: KCND3, NR3C1, and PLN for PR interval, KCNE1, SGIP1, and NFKB1 for QT interval, and ATP2A2 for QRS duration, of which six were successfully replicated. At these seven loci, we performed conditional analyses and annotated significant SNPs (in exons and regulatory regions), demonstrating involvement of cardiac-related pathways and regulation of nearby genes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)952-962
Number of pages11
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

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