| Title: | Haplotype-based association analysis of general cognitive ability in Generation Scotland, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, and UK Biobank |
| Journal: | Wellcome Open Research |
| Published: | 10 Aug 2017 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28989979/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12171.1 |
| URL: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/2-61/v1/pdf |
Publication 8479
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cognitive 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.</p>
METHODS: In the present analysis, three cohort studies (n total = 48,002) were utilised: Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS), the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), and the UK Biobank. A genome-wide haplotype-based meta-analysis of cognitive ability was performed, as well as a targeted meta-analysis of several gene coding regions.</p>
RESULTS: None 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 P-value overlapped with the D-amino acid oxidase activator ( DAOA) gene coding region. This coding region has previously been associated with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease, which have all been shown to impact upon cognitive ability. Another potentially interesting region highlighted within the current genome-wide association analysis (GS:SFHS: P = 4.09 x 10 -7), was the butyrylcholinesterase ( BCHE) gene coding region. The protein encoded by BCHE has been shown to influence the progression of Alzheimer's disease and its role in cognitive ability merits further investigation.</p>
CONCLUSIONS: Although 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.</p>
18 Authors
- 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
- Reka Nagy
- Caroline Hayward
- Chris S. Haley
- Blair H. Smith
- Alison D. Murray
- G. David Batty
- Ian J. Deary
- Andrew M. McIntosh
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