| Application: | 8304, Genetics of human lifespan ? heritability, association and prediction |
| Title: | Genetic variants linked to education predict longevity |
| Size: | 2.0 MB |
| Archived: | 15 Apr 2020 |
| Stability: | Complete |
| Personal: | Contains individual-level data |
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Individuals with more education tend to live longer. Genetic variants have been discovered that predict educational attainment. We tested whether a polygenic score based on these genetic variants could make predictions about people s lifespan. We used data from three cohort studies (including >130,000 participants) to examine the link between offspring polygenic score for education and parental longevity. Across the studies, we found that participants with more education-linked genetic variants had longer-living parents; compared with those with the lowest genetic education scores, those with the highest scores had parents who lived on average 6 months longer. This finding suggests the hypothesis that part of the ultimate explanation for the extended longevity of better-educated people is an underlying, quantifiable, genetic propensity.Application 8304
Genetics of human lifespan ? heritability, association and prediction
The determinants of longevity are of wide interest and have been studied for over 100 years. Human lifespan is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. We propose to study longevity in UK Biobank to better understand genetic and biological markers of lifespan, not focussed on one health condition but on overall mortality. We shall use the unprecedented scale and rich data of Biobank to investigate the degree to which lifespan is inherited, using the latest genomic methods, we shall then search for genetic variants and biomarkers which influence lifespan and estimate how well it is possible to predict lifespan. The proposed research is clearly in the public interest: individuals, health services, and the insurance and pensions industry will benefit from a better understanding of the genetic and environmental influences on lifespan and ageing. There is a clear relationship to health and illness ? mortality being the ultimate end point. We propose to analyse longevity in a number of ways. (a) Assess the degree to which lifespan is genetic, using new methods designed for unrelated people. (b) Search across the genome for regions that are associated with longer or shorter survival. (c) Use the DNA sharing between individuals to try to predict lifespan in UK Biobank and compare to how this works in other populations available to us where individuals area all related and so share more DNA. (d) Assess the contribution of environmental factors and biomarkers such as albumin to lifespan. The research will focus on the ~9,000 individuals who are already deceased and recapture data towards the end of 2015 when complete genotype information is available, but will also use data for all participants.
| Lead investigator: | Professor James Wilson |
| Lead institution: | University of Edinburgh |
2 related Returns
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| 2898 | 8304 | Genomics of 1 million parent lifespans implicates novel pathways and common diseases and distinguishes survival chances | 27 Nov 2020 |
| 263 | 8304 | Variants near CHRNA3/5 and APOE have age- and sex-related effects on human lifespan. | 14 Jun 2016 |
1 Publication
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2175 | Genetic variants linked to education predict longevity | Marioni RE et al. | 2016 | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
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