Journal Article
The transferability of lipid loci across African, Asian and European cohorts
Authors
Publication date
24 Sep 2019
Summary
Most genome-wide association studies are based on samples of European descent. We assess whether the genetic determinants of blood lipids, a major cardiovascular risk factor, are shared across populations. Genetic correlations for lipids between European-ancestry and Asian cohorts are not significantly different from 1. A genetic risk score based on LDL-cholesterol-associated loci has consistent effects on serum levels in samples from the UK, Uganda and Greece (r = 0.23–0.28, p
Published in
Nature Communications
Volume
10:4330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12026-7
ISSN
16
Subjects
Medicine, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Health, Biology, and Genetics
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