Article
Novel loci associated with usual sleep duration: the CHARGE Consortium Genome-Wide Association Study.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Oct 2015
Gottlieb D J, Hek K, Chen T-H, Watson N F, Eiriksdottir G, Byrne E M, Cornelis M, Warby S C, Bandinelli S, Cherkas L, Evans D S, Grabe H J, Lahti J, Li M, Lehtimäki T, Lumley T, Marciante K D, Pérusse L, Psaty B M, Robbins J, Tranah G J, Vink J M, Wilk J B, Stafford J M, Bellis C, Biffar R, Bouchard C, Cade B, Curhan G C, Eriksson J G, Ewert R, Ferrucci L, Fülöp T, Gehrman P R, Goodloe R, Harris T B, Heath A C, Hernandez D, Hofman A, Hottenga J-J, Hunter D J, Jensen M K, Johnson A D, Kähönen M, Kao L, Kraft P, Larkin E K, Lauderdale D S, Luik A I, Medici M, Montgomery G W, Palotie A, Patel S R, Pistis G, Porcu E, Quaye L, Raitakari O, Redline S, Rimm E B, Rotter J I, Smith A V, Spector T D, Teumer A, Uitterlinden A G, Vohl M-C, Widen E, Willemsen G, Young T, Zhang X, Liu Y, Blangero J, Boomsma D I, Gudnason V, Hu F, Mangino M, Martin N G, O'Connor G T, Stone K L, Tanaka T, Viikari J, Gharib S A, Punjabi N M, Räikkönen K, Völzke H, Mignot E, Tiemeier H
Abstract excerpt
Usual sleep duration is a heritable trait correlated with psychiatric morbidity, cardiometabolic disease and mortality, although little is known about the genetic variants influencing this trait. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of usual sleep duration was conducted using 18 population-based cohorts totaling 47 180 individuals of European ancestry. Genome-wide significant association was identified at two...
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