In:
Molecular Psychiatry, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 23, No. 5 ( 2018-05), p. 1169-1180
Abstract:
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder presenting with dangerously low body weight, and a deep and persistent fear of gaining weight. To date, only one genome-wide significant locus associated with AN has been identified. We performed an exome-chip based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 2158 cases from nine populations of European origin and 15 485 ancestrally matched controls. Unlike previous studies, this GWAS also probed association in low-frequency and rare variants. Sixteen independent variants were taken forward for in silico and de novo replication (11 common and 5 rare). No findings reached genome-wide significance. Two notable common variants were identified: rs10791286, an intronic variant in OPCML ( P =9.89 × 10 −6 ), and rs7700147, an intergenic variant ( P =2.93 × 10 −5 ). No low-frequency variant associations were identified at genome-wide significance, although the study was well-powered to detect low-frequency variants with large effect sizes, suggesting that there may be no AN loci in this genomic search space with large effect sizes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1359-4184
,
1476-5578
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2018
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1502531-7
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