Title | Comparative genome-wide association studies of a depressive symptom phenotype in a repeated measures setting by race/ethnicity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Ware, EB, Mukherjee, B, Sun, YV, Diez-Roux, AV, Kardia, SLR |
Journal | BMC Genet |
Volume | 16 |
Pagination | 118 |
Date Published | 2015 Oct 12 |
ISSN Number | 1471-2156 |
Keywords | Atherosclerosis, Black or African American, depression, ethnicity, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Racial Groups, Statistics, Nonparametric, White People |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Time-varying phenotypes have been studied less frequently in the context of genome-wide analyses across ethnicities, particularly for mood disorders. This study uses genome-wide association studies of depressive symptoms in a longitudinal framework and across multiple ethnicities to find common variants for depressive symptoms. Ethnicity-specific GWAS for depressive symptoms were conducted using three approaches: a baseline measure, longitudinal measures averaged over time, and a repeated measures analysis. We then used meta-analysis to jointly analyze the results across ethnicities within the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA, n = 6,335), and then within ethnicity, across MESA and a sample from the Health and Retirement Study African- and European-Americans (HRS, n = 10,163). METHODS: This study uses genome-wide association studies of depressive symptoms in a longitudinal framework and across multiple ethnicities to find common variants for depressive symptoms. Ethnicity-specific GWAS for depressive symptoms were conducted using three approaches: a baseline measure, longitudinal measures averaged over time, and a repeated measures analysis. We then used meta-analysis to jointly analyze the results across ethnicities within the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA, n = 6,335), and then within ethnicity, across MESA and a sample from the Health and Retirement Study African- and European-Americans (HRS, n = 10,163). RESULTS: Several novel variants were identified at the genome-wide suggestive level (5×10(-8) < p-value ≤ 5×10(-6)) in each ethnicity for each approach to analyzing depressive symptoms. The repeated measures analyses resulted in typically smaller p-values and an increase in the number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) reaching genome-wide suggestive level. CONCLUSIONS: For phenotypes that vary over time, the detection of genetic predictors may be enhanced by repeated measures analyses. |
DOI | 10.1186/s12863-015-0274-0 |
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Endnote Keywords | ethnic differences/depressive Symptoms/Sociocultural Factors/African American |
Endnote ID | 999999 |
Alternate Journal | BMC Genet |
Citation Key | 8238 |
PubMed ID | 26459564 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC4603946 |
Grant List | RC4 AG039029 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States N02-HL-6-4278 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95162 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States R01 HL101161 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States U01 AG009740 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R01-HL-101161 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95163 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95168 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01HC95169 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States UL1-RR-024156 / RR / NCRR NIH HHS / United States P60 MD002249 / MD / NIMHD NIH HHS / United States UL1 RR024156 / RR / NCRR NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95159 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95165 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95169 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95164 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01HC95159 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95160 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01HC65226 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States U01AG009740 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95161 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States RC2 AG036495 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95166 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-95167 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-65226 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States |