Fine mapping of five loci associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol detects variants that double the explained heritability.

Complex trait genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an efficient strategy for evaluating large numbers of common variants in large numbers of individuals and for identifying trait-associated variants. Nevertheless, GWAS often leave much of the trait heritability unexplained. We hypothesized...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Serena Sanna, Bingshan Li, Antonella Mulas, Carlo Sidore, Hyun M Kang, Anne U Jackson, Maria Grazia Piras, Gianluca Usala, Giuseppe Maninchedda, Alessandro Sassu, Fabrizio Serra, Maria Antonietta Palmas, William H Wood, Inger Njølstad, Markku Laakso, Kristian Hveem, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Timo A Lakka, Rainer Rauramaa, Michael Boehnke, Francesco Cucca, Manuela Uda, David Schlessinger, Ramaiah Nagaraja, Gonçalo R Abecasis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3145627?pdf=render