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ArticleWellcome open research2017

Haplotype-based association analysis of general cognitive ability in Generation Scotland, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, and UK Biobank.

David M Howard, Mark J Adams, Toni-Kim Clarke, Eleanor M Wigmore, Yanni Zeng, Saskia P Hagenaars, Donald M Lyall, Pippa A Thomson, Kathryn L Evans, David J Porteous and 8 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

David M HowardDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6005-1972
Mark J AdamsDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Toni-Kim ClarkeDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-6351
Eleanor M WigmoreDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Yanni ZengDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Saskia P HagenaarsDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Donald M LyallInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Pippa A ThomsonCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Kathryn L EvansCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
David J PorteousCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Reka NagyMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Caroline HaywardMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-9550
Chris S HaleyMedical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Blair H SmithGeneration Scotland, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alison D MurrayGeneration Scotland, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
G David BattyDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
Ian J DearyCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Andrew M McIntoshDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-4588
Chemnitz University of Technology · DEUniversity of Edinburgh · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of Dundee · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127561128Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127592696Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MR/K026992/1Medical Research Council MR/N01104X/1Medical Research Council MR/N01104X/2Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCognitive ability is a heritable trait with a polygenic architecture, for which several associated variants have been identified using genotype-based and candidate gene approaches. Haplotype-based analyses are a complementary technique that take phased genotype data into account, and potentially provide greater statistical power to detect lower frequency variants.

methodsIn the present analysis, three cohort studies (n

resultsNone of the assessed haplotypes provided evidence of a statistically significant association with cognitive ability in either the individual cohorts or the meta-analysis. Within the meta-analysis, the haplotype with the lowest observed

conclusionsAlthough no evidence was found for any haplotypes with a statistically significant association with cognitive ability, our results did provide further evidence that the genetic variants contributing to the variance of cognitive ability are likely to be of small effect.

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cognitive abilityhaplotype association analysisintelligenceIQ

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