| Title: | Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment |
| Journal: | Nature |
| Published: | 11 May 2016 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27225129/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17671 |
| URL: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883595 |
| Citations: | 1188 (159 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 718
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Abstract
A genome-wide association study in 293,723 individuals identifies 74 genetic variants associated with educational attainment, which, although only explaining a small proportion of the variation in educational attainment, highlights candidate genes and pathways for further study.</p>
15 Keywords
- Alzheimer Disease
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain
- Cognition
- Computational Biology
- Educational Status
- Fetus
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Annotation
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Schizophrenia
- United Kingdom
256 Authors
- Aysu Okbay
- Jonathan P. Beauchamp
- Mark Alan Fontana
- James J. Lee
- Tune H. Pers
- Cornelius A. Rietveld
- Patrick Turley
- Guo-Bo Chen
- Valur Emilsson
- S. Fleur W. Meddens
- Sven Oskarsson
- Joseph K. Pickrell
- Kevin Thom
- Pascal Timshel
- Ronald de Vlaming
- Abdel Abdellaoui
- Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia
- Jonas Bacelis
- Clemens Baumbach
- Gyda Bjornsdottir
- Johannes H. Brandsma
- Maria Pina Concas
- Jaime Derringer
- Nicholas A. Furlotte
- Tessel E. Galesloot
- Giorgia Girotto
- Richa Gupta
- Leanne M. Hall
- Sarah E. Harris
- Edith Hofer
- Momoko Horikoshi
- Jennifer E. Huffman
- Kadri Kaasik
- Ioanna P. Kalafati
- Robert Karlsson
- Augustine Kong
- Jari Lahti
- Sven J. van der Lee
- Christiaan deLeeuw
- Penelope A. Lind
- Karl-Oskar Lindgren
- Tian Liu
- Massimo Mangino
- Jonathan Marten
- Evelin Mihailov
- Michael B. Miller
- Peter J. van der Most
- Christopher Oldmeadow
- Antony Payton
- Natalia Pervjakova
- Wouter J. Peyrot
- Yong Qian
- Olli Raitakari
- Rico Rueedi
- Erika Salvi
- Börge Schmidt
- Katharina E. Schraut
- Jianxin Shi
- Albert V. Smith
- Raymond A. Poot
- Beate St Pourcain
- Alexander Teumer
- Gudmar Thorleifsson
- Niek Verweij
- Dragana Vuckovic
- Juergen Wellmann
- Harm-Jan Westra
- Jingyun Yang
- Wei Zhao
- Zhihong Zhu
- Behrooz Z. Alizadeh
- Najaf Amin
- Andrew Bakshi
- Sebastian E. Baumeister
- Ginevra Biino
- Klaus Bønnelykke
- Patricia A. Boyle
- Harry Campbell
- Francesco P. Cappuccio
- Gail Davies
- Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
- Panos Deloukas
- Ilja Demuth
- Jun Ding
- Peter Eibich
- Lewin Eisele
- Niina Eklund
- David M. Evans
- Jessica D. Faul
- Mary F. Feitosa
- Andreas J. Forstner
- Ilaria Gandin
- Bjarni Gunnarsson
- Bjarni V. Halldórsson
- Tamara B. Harris
- Andrew C. Heath
- Lynne J. Hocking
- Elizabeth G. Holliday
- Georg Homuth
- Michael A. Horan
- Jouke-Jan Hottenga
- Philip L. de Jager
- Peter K. Joshi
- Astanand Jugessur
- Marika A. Kaakinen
- Mika Kähönen
- Stavroula Kanoni
- Liisa Keltigangas-Järvinen
- Lambertus A. L. M. Kiemeney
- Ivana Kolcic
- Seppo Koskinen
- Aldi T. Kraja
- Martin Kroh
- Zoltan Kutalik
- Antti Latvala
- Lenore J. Launer
- Maël P. Lebreton
- Douglas F. Levinson
- Paul Lichtenstein
- Peter Lichtner
- David C. M. Liewald
- LifeLines Cohort Study
- Anu Loukola
- Pamela A. Madden
- Reedik Mägi
- Tomi Mäki-Opas
- Riccardo E. Marioni
- Pedro Marques-Vidal
- Gerardus A. Meddens
- George McMahon
- Christa Meisinger
- Thomas Meitinger
- Yusplitri Milaneschi
- Lili Milani
- Grant W. Montgomery
- Ronny Myhre
- Christopher P. Nelson
- Dale R. Nyholt
- William E. R. Ollier
- Aarno Palotie
- Lavinia Paternoster
- Nancy L. Pedersen
- Katja E. Petrovic
- David J. Porteous
- Katri Räikkönen
- Susan M. Ring
- Antonietta Robino
- Olga Rostapshova
- Igor Rudan
- Aldo Rustichini
- Veikko Salomaa
- Alan R. Sanders
- Antti-Pekka Sarin
- Helena Schmidt
- Rodney J. Scott
- Blair H. Smith
- Jennifer A. Smith
- Jan A. Staessen
- Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen
- Konstantin Strauch
- Antonio Terracciano
- Martin D. Tobin
- Sheila Ulivi
- Simona Vaccargiu
- Lydia Quaye
- Frank J. A. van Rooij
- Cristina Venturini
- Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen
- Uwe Völker
- Henry Völzke
- Judith M. Vonk
- Diego Vozzi
- Johannes Waage
- Erin B. Ware
- Gonneke Willemsen
- John R. Attia
- David A. Bennett
- Klaus Berger
- Lars Bertram
- Hans Bisgaard
- Dorret I. Boomsma
- Ingrid B. Borecki
- Ute Bültmann
- Christopher F. Chabris
- Francesco Cucca
- Daniele Cusi
- Ian J. Deary
- George V. Dedoussis
- Cornelia M. van Duijn
- Johan G. Eriksson
- Barbara Franke
- Lude Franke
- Paolo Gasparini
- Pablo V. Gejman
- Christian Gieger
- Hans-Jörgen Grabe
- Jacob Gratten
- Patrick J. F. Groenen
- Vilmundur Gudnason
- Pim van der Harst
- Caroline Hayward
- David A. Hinds
- Wolfgang Hoffmann
- Elina Hyppönen
- William G. Iacono
- Bo Jacobsson
- Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
- Karl-Heinz Jöckel
- Jaakko Kaprio
- Sharon L. R. Kardia
- Terho Lehtimäki
- Steven F. Lehrer
- Patrik K. E. Magnusson
- Nicholas G. Martin
- Matt McGue
- Andres Metspalu
- Neil Pendleton
- Brenda W. J. H. Penninx
- Markus Perola
- Nicola Pirastu
- Mario Pirastu
- Ozren Polasek
- Danielle Posthuma
- Christine Power
- Michael A. Province
- Nilesh J. Samani
- David Schlessinger
- Reinhold Schmidt
- Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
- Tim D. Spector
- Kari Stefansson
- Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
- A. Roy Thurik
- Nicholas J. Timpson
- Henning Tiemeier
- Joyce Y. Tung
- André G. Uitterlinden
- Veronique Vitart
- Peter Vollenweider
- David R. Weir
- James F. Wilson
- Alan F. Wright
- Dalton C. Conley
- Robert F. Krueger
- George Davey Smith
- Albert Hofman
- David I. Laibson
- Sarah E. Medland
- Michelle N. Meyer
- Jian Yang
- Magnus Johannesson
- Peter M. Visscher
- Tõnu Esko
- Philipp D. Koellinger
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- Daniel J. Benjamin
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Enabling scientific discoveries that improve human health