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SynthesisCommunications biology2021

A genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers six sequence variants conferring risk of vertigo.

Astros Th Skuladottir, Gyda Bjornsdottir, Muhammad Sulaman Nawaz, Hannes Petersen, Solvi Rognvaldsson, Kristjan Helgi Swerford Moore, Pall I Olafsson, Sigurður H Magnusson, Anna Bjornsdottir, Olafur A Sveinsson and 21 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Impact of Genetic Factors in Ménière's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Genome-wide analysis implicates inner ear development in Ménière's disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  16. About the Genetic Contribution to Chronic Dizziness and Episodic Vertigo.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Astros Th SkuladottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland. astros.skuladottir@decode.is.ORCID 0000-0002-5048-0933
Gyda BjornsdottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Muhammad Sulaman NawazdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-5576-9007
Hannes PetersenFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Solvi RognvaldssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-4376-3361
Kristjan Helgi Swerford MooredeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-9579-4362
Pall I OlafssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Sigurður H MagnussondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-6669-3071
Anna BjornsdottirHeilsuklasinn Clinic, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Olafur A SveinssonLandspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Gudrun R SigurdardottirLaeknasetrid Clinic, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Saedis SaevarsdottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-9392-6184
Erna V IvarsdottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-2069-0681
Lilja StefansdottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Bjarni GunnarssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Joseph B MuhlesteinIntermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Kirk U KnowltonIntermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
David A JonesPrecision Genomics, Intermountain Healthcare, Saint George, UT, USA.
Lincoln D NadauldPrecision Genomics, Intermountain Healthcare, Saint George, UT, USA.
Annette M HartmannDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
Dan RujescuDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
Michael StruppDepartment of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
G Bragi WaltersdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-5415-6487
Thorgeir E ThorgeirssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Ingileif JonsdottirdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-8339-150X
Hilma HolmdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-9517-6636
Gudmar ThorleifssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Daniel F GudbjartssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0002-5222-9857
Patrick SulemdeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-7123-6123
Hreinn StefanssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
Kari StefanssondeCODE genetics/Amgen Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland. kstefans@decode.is.ORCID 0000-0003-1676-864X
deCODE Genetics (Iceland) · ISIntermountain Healthcare · USMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DEUniversity of Utah · USGerman Center for Lung Research · DENational University Hospital of Iceland · ISUniversity of Iceland · IS

Funding

Genes for human chronic pain syndromes through whole genome sequencingR01DE022905 · NIDCR · DECODE GENETICS, EHF · PI STEFANSSON, KARI · 2012 to 2016
$2.6M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertigo is the leading symptom of vestibular disorders and a major risk factor for falls. In a genome-wide association study of vertigo (N

Indexed as

Genome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyEar, InnerHumansLabyrinth DiseasesMutation, MissenseVertigo

Identifiers

PMID34620984
PMCPMC8497462
OpenAlexW3204819583

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